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

Early life

Daisy Edith Kessler was born in

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, Ohio, August 24, 1874, the daughter of Philip L. Kessler and Sarah Hall.

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 ''The San Diego Union-Tribune'' is a metropolitan daily newspaper published in San Diego, California, that has run since 1868. Its name derives from a 1992 merger between the two major daily newspapers at the time, ''The San Diego Union'' a ...

''. She was actively identified with art and musical development of the city. She was the author of a large number of published short stories and magazine articles. 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.

Personal life

Daisy Kessler moved to California in 1898 with her family and lived at

El Cajon, California El Cajon ( , ; Spanish: El Cajón, meaning "the box") is a city in San Diego County, California, United States, east of downtown San Diego. The city takes its name from Rancho El Cajón, which was in turn named for the box-like shape of the ...

. The J. P. R. Hall and Phil Kessler families ran the Hall & Kessler lumberyard. In 1913 Daisy Kessler married her colleague at ''

The Sacramento Union ''The Sacramento Union'' was a daily newspaper founded in 1851 in Sacramento, California. It was the oldest daily newspaper west of the Mississippi River before it closed its doors after 143 years in January 1994, no longer able to compete with ' ...

'' Francis Xavier Joseph Biermann, a political reporter. Biermann died on September 21, 1963.

References

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