Daphne Geis­mar designs books on art and his­to­ry for major muse­ums. Her involve­ment in pub­li­ca­tions that use art and lit­er­a­ture to edu­cate, began with her the­sis at Yale on Direc­tion mag­a­zine (1937−1945), in which artists and writ­ers speak out against fas­cism. Geis­mar devel­oped a pho­tog­ra­phy and writ­ing pro­gram for teenage moth­ers and teach­es design at universities.