The Gibson Girl and Her America: The Best Drawings of Charles Dana GibsonAt the turn of the twentieth century, Charles Dana Gibson's pen and ink drawings of the "American Girl" now remembered as the Gibson Girl became the national ideal of femininity. This collection of his images of youthful, dynamic women offers an informative and amusing reflection of the era's social life. Sentimental, humorous, and often gently satirical, these images portray the Gibson Girl at the theater, in the drawing room, flirting and courting,