[4] Edited by Walter G. Holmes,[5] the Ziegler offered 48 pages of fiction, scientific articles, current events, instruction in handiwork, and occasionally raised maps.
[6] Through the generosity of Ziegler, it was furnished without charge, and by a special provision of the U. S. Congress, it was sent free to every blind person in the United States or Canada who could read braille.
[7][6] Helen Keller said of Ziegler, "She must realize the happiness and encouragement which the magazine has brought during twenty-five years to the dwellers of darkland.
[2] Her second marriage, on July 22, 1886, was to William Ziegler (1843–1905), an industrialist who co-founded the Royal Baking Powder Company.
[3] Electa Matilda Ziegler died in 1932, aged 91 years, in New York City.