Tell Me A Story Where The Bad Girl Wins: The Life And Art Of Barbara Shermund is the special exhibition on view through June 1, 2025 at the Brandywine. Barbara Shermund (1899-1978) is an unheralded early master of gag cartooning, whose career spanned the heyday of American magazines from the 1920s-1960s. Her sharp wit and loose style boldly tapped the zeitgeist of first-wave feminism with vivid characters that were alive and astute. Shermund’s women spoke their minds about sex, marriage, and society; smoked cigarettes and drank; and poked fun at everything in an era when it was not common to see young women doing so. Her wor">