Maria Susanna (also Susanne) Kübler (1814–1873) was a Swiss writer who is remembered for her housekeeping guides and cookbooks, especially the popular Das Hauswesen (Housekeeping, 1850) which also contained recipes.[1][2]
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Biography edit
Born on 27 February 1814 in Winterthur, Maria Kübler was the daughter of the teacher Jakob Kübler and the sister of Jakob Kübler (1827–1899), who from 1851 was a clergyman in Neftenbach. In 1834, she married the merchant Jakob Heinrich Haggenmacher. Following their divorce, in 1845 she married Johannes Scherr, a German-born writer, schoolteacher, college professor and political activist.[1]
Kübler studied English, French and Italian at Yverdon in French-speaking Switzerland. In 1845, she moved to Stuttgart, Germany, with her second husband but returned to Switzerland in 1849 after he ran into political difficulties.[3] Kübler returned to Winterthur in 1852 and from 1860 lived in Zürich. She worked as a translator, language teacher and writer of household guides and cookbooks.[1]
Selected publications edit
In 1850, she published Das Hauswesen (full title: Das Hauswesen: Nach seinem ganzen Umfang dargestellt in Briefen an eine Freundin or Housekeeping: Described in its Entirety in Letters to a Friend). She went on to publish several more household guides and cookbooks as well as children's stories. These include:[1][4]
- Der Frauenspiegel (1854)
- Die Hausmutter (1857)
- Mährchen und Geschichtenbuch der Fee Chrysalinde (children's stories, 1857)
- Die geschickte Köchin (1858)
- Das Buch der Mütter (on child care and upbringing, 1867)
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Kübler, Maria Susanne" (in German). Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ "Kübler, Maria Susanna". Women Writers. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ "Scherr, Johannes" (in German). Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ "Kübler, Marie Susanne" (in German). Lexikon deutscher Frauen der Feder. Retrieved 16 November 2016.