No More Misses: Barbara Shermund, Flapper Era Cartoonist

This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about extraordinary people whose deaths were not reported in The Times beginning in 1851. In the mid-1920s, Harold Ross, founder of a new magazine called The New Yorker, sought cartoonists who could create sarcastic, high-level illustrations with witty headlines to serve as social criticism. He …

Activist Empowering Deaf People Barbara Kannapell dies at 83

Both of her parents went to Gallaudet, and Barbara, known as Kanny, followed in their footsteps and earned her bachelor’s degree in deaf education in 1961. He earned a master’s degree in educational technology from the Catholic University of America in Washington in 1970. He researched the attitudes of 200 Gallaudet students in Georgetown, where …

Barbara J. Litrell, 77, Died; Who Publisher of Magazines for Women

Barbara J. Litrell, publisher of women’s magazines focused on women’s contributions to the workforce, not hair and makeup, died July 4 at her home in Cottonwood, Arizona, at the age of 77. Her husband, Michael Litrell, said the cause was complications from breast cancer. Ms. Litrell became publisher of McCall’s in 1991, which was then …