Here's a nice selection of girls reading comics from all eras.
Disproving the myth that comics are for males only.
Here's the first batch, many are found on
http://junglefrolics.blogspot.ca/http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1920s-reading_the_funnies,_Greenwood,_Mississippi.jpg
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1937-Big_Little_Books_sale.jpg
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1941-spitfire_comics.jpg
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1942-holly_sunday_funnies.jpg
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1942-picnic.jpg
1 2 3 4 5#1: 1920s-reading the funnies, Greenwood, Mississippi. "Tiny, Rawa, Mamie and Buddy read the funnies."
https://daughterofthedelta.com/2011/05/18/fun-with-the-funny-papers/This is from an amazing blog on the history of the Evans family living in the Mississippi delta. It is a Wonderful read with a ton of interesting pictures and recollections of four generations of the family. We HIGHLY recommend it!
#2: 1937-Big Little Books sale in Newburgh, New York, late 1930s. A few piles of comics and lots of Big Little Books.
The girl at the far right is reading:
Tip Top Comics #12 (April 1937).
Found on
http://junglefrolics.blogspot.ca/.
Original source unknown.
#3: Reading Spitfire Comics, either #1 (August 1941) or #2 (October 1941).Found on
http://junglefrolics.blogspot.ca/.
Original source unknown.
#4: 1942-A girl named Holly reading the Sunday Star Funnies.Found on
http://junglefrolics.blogspot.ca/.
Original source unknown.
#5: 1941 - Picnic with a comic book, Oregon.Original source unknown.
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1947.08-Walt_Disneys_Comics_and_Stories_83.jpg
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1947_or_later_-Ruth_Orkin.jpg
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1947-Whiz_92_(Dec_1947).jpg
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1948_Spring_-_Annie_Oakley_1_(Spring_1948).jpg
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1948-sleeping_in_Grand_Central_Station.jpg
6 7 8 9 10#6: 1947.08-Walt Disneys Comics and Stories #83Girl's Comic
circa 1955: A young girl sits in a wooden rocking chair, reading a comic book. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/young-girl-sits-in-a-wooden-rocking-chair-reading-a-comic-news-photo/3227761#7: 1947 a real classic.Comic Book Readers
1947: Four children, three girls and one boy, loiter on a sidewalk by a store display window while reading comic books, New York City. (Photo by Ruth Orkin/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/four-children-three-girls-and-one-boy-loiter-on-a-sidewalk-news-photo/3233924Far right girl is reading an unknown issue of Timely's Hedy DeVine Comics.
A bio of the photographer can be read here:
http://www.apag.us/ruth-orkin/#8: 1947-Reading Whiz #92 (Dec 1947)Found on
http://junglefrolics.blogspot.ca/.
Original source unknown.
#9: Reading Annie Oakley #1 (Spring 1948).Original source unknown.
#10: 1948-Reading Claire Voyant #4 (1947).In the waiting room at Grand Central Station, a young girl sleeps on a bench as she waits for transportation to a summer camp, New York, New York, 1948. A copy of the 'Claire Voyant' comic book is beside her.
IMAGE: RAE RUSSEL/GETTY IMAGES
Part of a series of photos on kids leaving for camp from 1948 you can see in it's entirety here:
https://mashable.com/2016/01/07/camp-kids/#lsgWZWOmQGqdhttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1950.07_kids_reading.jpg
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1950s_girl_reading.jpg
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1950s-floating_with_comic.jpg
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1950s-reading_on_floor.jpg
11 12 13 14#11: A whole pile of comics in this one!Middle row:
Roy Rogers #31 (July 1950)
Western Comics #16 (August-September 1950)The Texan #9 (August 1950)
Giggle Comics #72 (July-August 1950)
Western Comics #16 (August/September 1950)
New Funnies, probably #161 (July 1950).
Found on
http://junglefrolics.blogspot.ca/.
Original source unknown.
#12: 1950s girl reading an unknown comic in a malt shop.Photo by Howard Mcgraw of the Detroit News.
A very large version of this pic is on this link:
http://www.shorpy.com/node/15632?size=_originalFound on
http://junglefrolics.blogspot.ca/Original source unknown.
#13: FloatingI love this one! What a great Dad/Mom to hold a comic for their girl like that.
Found on
http://junglefrolics.blogspot.ca/.
Original source unknown.
#14: 1950s-reading on floorFound on
http://junglefrolics.blogspot.ca/.
Original source unknown.
Several more girls reading comics to come!
-Yoc