"He was a very fair-minded person when it came to women having equal pay for sports and equal access," Braddock says. He served on the board of directors of King's Women's Sports Foundation and incorporated a multiday "Peanuts" storyline in 1979 about Title IX, which prevented gender discrimination in schools. Peppermint Patty was always the best athlete of the "Peanuts" strip, and once answered a teacher's question by saying the four seasons of the year are "baseball, football, basketball and hockey." Through the character, Schulz sparked an important dialogue about women in sports and gender equality on the field. That was very groundbreaking and opened the door for other (comics) creators to do more unique female characters."Īmy Poehler and Nick Offerman: How they 'tricked' NBC with crafting competition 'Making It' "So along comes this young female character who's kind of a tomboy and charting her own path.
"If you think about how female cartoon characters were portrayed on the comics page when Peppermint Patty came on the scene, they were usually the foils for their husbands, like 'Blondie' or 'Beetle Bailey,' " says cartoonist Paige Braddock, who serves as chief creative officer at Charles M. Schulz's "Peanuts" comics in August 1966, she was an anomaly: She came from a single-parent home, was bad at school, good at sports and didn't wear dresses. The origins of Peppermint Patty – and the rest of the Peanuts gang – are explored in a new Apple TV+ documentary, "Who Are You, Charlie Brown?" (now streaming). When the fiercely outspoken and athletic young girl was introduced in Charles M. There's never been a character quite like Peppermint Patty. Watch Video: Things you may not know about 'A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving'
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