Bertha Damaris Knobe was born in Franklin, Indiana, in 1869. She was the adopted
daughter of Baptist minister and humorist, Robert J. Burdette. Knobe also lived in
New York, Chicago, and California. She was a journalist who wrote on women’s rights,
suffrage, and social reform. Some of the publications she wrote for include Harper’s Weekly and the Chicago
Times-Herald. Knobe died in 1930.
