Barbara Shermund (June 26, 1899 – September 9, 1978) was an American cartoonist whose work appeared in The New Yorker from its first year in 1925.

[2] Her first artwork was published when she was nine years old on the San Francisco Chronicle's children's page under the title 'On the farm'.

Her creations were satirical and often had a feminist and poignant tone reflecting the early 20th century view of the New Woman.

One cartoon showed two men seated by a fire with the caption, "Well, I guess women are just human beings after all.

[2] From 1944 to 1957, she produced "Shermund's Sallies", a syndicated cartoon panel for Pictorial Review, the arts and entertainment section of Hearst's many Sunday newspapers.

[1] Shermund died in a nursing home in Middletown Township, New Jersey, in 1978 after losing contact with her family.

35 years later, when her niece searched for Shermund's burial site, she was surprised to find that her ashes remained in a nursing home.