Daisy Kessler Biermann

Daisy Edith Kessler Biermann (August 24, 1874 – September 21, 1963) was an American magazine and newspaper writer, a painter, and a pianist.

Early life

Daisy Edith Kessler was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on August 24, 1874, the daughter of Philip L. Kessler and Sarah Hall.[1]

Career

For twenty-five years Daisy Kessler Biermann was the editor of the Women's Section and music and art critic of the San Diego Union.[1]

She was actively identified with art and musical development of the city, authoring a large number of published short stories and magazine articles.[1]

She was a member of: American Pen Women (San Diego Branch), San Diego Fine Arts Society, Art Guild, Wednesday Club, San Diego Woman's Press Club, Amphion Club.[1]

Personal life

Daisy Kessler moved to California in 1898 with her family and lived at El Cajon, California.[1] The J. P. R. Hall and Phil Kessler families ran the Hall & Kessler lumberyard.[2]

In 1913, Kessler married her colleague at The Sacramento Union, Francis Xavier Joseph Biermann, a political reporter.[3][1]

Biermann died on September 21, 1963.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Binheim, Max; Elvin, Charles A (1928). Women of the West; a series of biographical sketches of living eminent women in the eleven western states of the United States of America. p. 23. Retrieved August 8, 2017.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ "El Cajon, California, 1900". Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  3. ^ "Fourth Estate Publishing Company". Fourth Estate: A Weekly Newspaper for Publishers, Advertisers, Advertising Agents and Allied Interests: 9. 1913. Retrieved August 13, 2017.