3/30/2023 0 Comments Peppermint patty peanutsAHe had a daughter who loved sports, however, and spent a lot of time with Bille Jean King, and both were inspirational in bringing Peppermint Patty authentically to life. Schultz’s wife Jean also said Patty sleeps in class because she stays up late waiting for her dad to come home from work. Though Patty has a few issues around how she looks, she knows she is lovable because of her dad. She asked him for them and he got them for her, calling her a ‘rare jewel’. It’s the reason she is so hell-bent on wearing her sandals every day. Peppermint Patty art: An original production cel of sleepy Patty and Marcie in school, available at ArtInsights.Īlso unique to Peppermint Patty in pop culture and certainly in comic strips is the fact that she has a loving single father (we are never told her mother is dead, but its inferred), who celebrates her for exactly who she is. Peppermint Patty goes full advocate, sometimes even using actual statistics, and it’s a glorious thing: Here is a series of strips from October, 1979, which was, in part in reaction to the continued backlash against Title IX, and to help push the public towards acceptance of gender equality in sports. With over 300,000,000 readers at the height of its popularity, the Peanuts comic strip was a powerful tool he could wield to help normalize female athletes. Though Schulz already felt strongly about equality for women, his longterm friendship with King inspired him to mirror his beliefs in Peanuts. He was fearless enough to have played doubles with King at the Snoopy Cup tennis tournament in 1984. In terms of their friendship, King said she always knew when ‘Sparky’ wanted to talk to her, because he’d put her name in the strip. Within a few years, Schulz became a member of the board of trustees. In 1974, King started the Women’s Sports Foundation. As Schulz had always believed women could do and should be allowed to do anything men could do, he got behind Title IX and equality for women in sports, in his strip and, by extension, in animation, chiefly through Peppermint Patty. Since Title IX passed, female participation at the high school level has grown by 1057 percent, and by 617 percent in college. King was a strong proponent of equality for women in sports, and was instrumental in getting Title IX passed, which prohibits sex discrimination in all federally funded school programs, including sports. Schulz often mentioned his friendship with Billie Jean King, which began in the early 1970s. Peanuts Producer Lee Mendelson, who wrote the lyrics to Christmastime is Here, was particularly fond of her theme. For Peppermint Patty’s appearances in animation, Vince Guaraldi created a theme specifically for her. In the cartoons, she was voiced by both young male and female actors. Peppermint Patty and Marcie strip from September 27th, 1973. Her last name was taken from his secretary Sue Reichardt. Initially, freckle-faced Patty was inspired by Charles Schulz’s cousin Patricia Swanson. ![]() She is being raised by a single father, is the only character in Peanuts to wear sandals, which she is passionately committed to because her dad gave them to her, and she can beat everyone, boy or girl, in every sport she plays. Peppermint Patty, or Patricia Reichardt, is a Peanuts anomaly. Peppermint Patty and Franklin strip from February 2nd, 1970Īrguably the most well-developed character outside of Charlie Brown and Snoopy, it was through Peppermint Patty that Schulz took a committed stance on gender equality for women in sports and elsewhere. Though we are all used to it now, a comic strip character that spoke her mind, wore what she wanted, could best both boys and girls at every sport she played, and had a clear feminist agenda, was groundbreaking at the time. It was only the 1969 Stonewall Riots of June 28th through July 3rd that helped end that kind of discrimination. After all, at her debut on August 22nd, 1966, tomboys and girls who were wearing more butch (read comfortable) clothing, were often mocked and ridiculed, or even arrested for wearing predominately men’s attire. That doesn’t mean they can’t be wonderful, inspiring icons for feminism and queer pride. ![]() Though at the very least, we know that Peppermint Patty is gender queer, Charles Schulz himself said that Peppermint Patty and Marcie were not lesbians. Peppermint Patty’s first appearance on August 22nd, 1966.
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