Barney, Maginel Wright

Dixie Willson (1890-1974) was a poet, screenwriter, and author children's books, novels, and short stories. She liked to gain first-hand experience when researching her stories, and performed as an elephant rider in the Ringling Bros. Circus and a chorus girl in the Ziegfeld Folliies, attended TWA Stewardess School, and worked as a taste tester at Betty Crocker. A prolific author, she wrote over 300 magazine stories, books, and screenplays, four of which were made into films.

Maginel Wright Enright Barney (1881-1966) was a children's book illustrator and graphic artist, younger sister of Fr...