(October 1895 – January 1985)\ Avis Marguerite Burgeson was born on October 11, 1895, in Chicago.  Not much is known about her childhood or her education except that she spent her life in and around the northern Chicago communities.  She was a modest and retiring woman and sometimes used pen names such as Avis Burgeson, … Continue reading Avis Marguerite Burgeson Christiansen