Caroline Gilman

Caroline Howard Gilman (1794–1888) was an American author.

Biography
She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Samuel Howard, and married Rev. Samuel Gilman, a Unitarian who occupied a pastorate at Charleston, South Carolina, from 1819 to 1858. In 1832, she began to edit the Rosebud, a juvenile weekly newspaper, which subsequently took the name of the Southern Rose.

Some of her works enjoyed considerable popularity. Among them are:
 * Recollections of a New England Housekeeper (1835) (written as Mrs. Clarissa Packard)
 * Recollections of a Southern Matron (1836)
 * Poetry of Traveling in the United States (1838)
 * Tales and Ballads (1839)
 * Ruth Raymond (1840)
 * Verses of a Life Time (1849)
 * Poems and Stories by a Mother and Daughter (1872), written with her daughter, Mrs. Jervey