Cathy was the first widely syndicated humor strip created by a woman. The strip was pretty revolutionary at the time not only because it starred a female, but also because it was so emotionally honest about all the conflicting feelings many women had in 1976.

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Born in Dayton Ohio Guisewite grew up in Midland Michigan and graduated from Midland High School in 1968. Cathy Lee Guisewite (born September 5 1950) is an American cartoonist who created the comic strip Cathy which had a 34-year run. On August 11 2010 Guisewite announced the strip's retirement and it came to an end on Sunday October 3 2010 after 34 years.

Cathy Lee Guisewite (born September 5 1950) is an American cartoonist who created the comic strip Cathy which had a 34-year run. She adopted a daughter Ivy in 1991. She started writing comic strips at the urging of her mother and was first publiCathy Guisewited in 1976 by Universal Press Syndicate now Universal Uclick.