Caroline Howard Gilman

Caroline Howard Gilman (born Oct. 8, 1794, Boston, Mass., U.S.—died Sept. 15, 1888, Washington, D.C.) was a popular American writer and publisher, much of whose work reflected her conviction of the importance of the family as a foundation for societal harmony. Caroline Howard grew up in a succession of towns near Boston until her widowed mother settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1804. She wrote verse for her private amusement from an early age, but she...