Marjorie L. Cooper was born on the 6th of June, 1910 to William and Edna B. (Weeks) Cooper of West Newton, Massachusetts. She was a student of Wilbur F. Noyes from 1925-1934. In 1935 she studied advertising at Massachusetts Art School, and then studied sculpture at the Copley Society from 1935-1940. From 1934-1958 Marjorie designed greeting cards for Rust Craft in Boston, Massachusetts. Marjorie began illustrating children’s books for Rand McNally publishers in 1942.
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