Frieda

Frieda is a character in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles Schulz. According to Schulz, Frieda's character was inspired by his longtime friend Frieda Rich, a local artist whom he met while taking classes at the Minneapolis Art Instructions School. She was a regular in Peanuts throughout the 1960s, but as newer characters were phased in towards the end of the decade she began appearing less often, and she ceased to be a featured character after 1975, making only cameo appearances since then. Today she is best remembered as the Peanuts character with naturally curly hair, of which she is extremely proud. Frieda made her debut on March 6, 1961, when Linus introduced her to Charlie Brown. She was the eleventh permanent character to join the cast, and the first since Sally was born in 1959. She was initially presented, in both the advance press release and the first few strips, as Linus' schoolmate. She sat behind him in class, and although he considered her a friend, he also confessed... full article at wikipedia