Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm was born in 1808 and died in 1877, she was a philanthropist she was born near Northampton in England.She was a daughter of William Jones,he was a farmer. Reared in the tradition of Evangelical philanthropy, at 22 she agreed to marry Captain Archibald Chisholm of the East India.But on condition that her philanthropic work should continue.Chisholm was posted in 1832 to Madras where Caroline founded the Female School of Industry for the Daughters of European Soldiers.She came to Australia in September 1883 in Emerald isle and she settled in windor.She found positions for immigrant girls and sheltered many of them in her home. In January 1841 she approached Governor and Lady Gipps and the proprietors of the Sydney Herald with a plan for a girls' home.
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