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Caroline Howard Gilman

American writer and publisher
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Caroline Howard
Born:
Oct. 8, 1794, Boston, Mass., U.S.
Died:
Sept. 15, 1888, Washington, D.C. (aged 93)

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 was mortified when one of her poems was printed without her permission in a local newspaper about 1811. In 1817 she allowed a second poem ...(100 of 391 words)

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