Portrait de Christine Terhune Herrick
Photo: Copyright: (1) Antique print. Public Domain. (2) Contained in the book "A Woman of the Century", Charles Wells Moulton, Buffalo, Publisher. Copyright 1893 · Wikimedia Commons

Auteur

Christine Terhune Herrick

Écrivaine américaine

Naissance
13 juin 1859, Newark
Décès
2 décembre 1944, Washington
Nationalité
États-Unis
Profession
Écrivaine et rédacteur de magazine

Vie et œuvre

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Christine Terhune Herrick (June 13, 1859 – December 2, 1944) was an American writer who wrote mostly about housekeeping. She published articles in Harper's Bazaar and was also a journalist.

Biography

Herrick was born in Newark, New Jersey on June 13, 1859. She was the eldest daughter of the writers Edward Payson Terhune and Mary Virginia Hawes Terhune.

She married James Frederick Herrick (1851–1893), an editor of the Springfield Republican, in 1884. They had three children; Horace Terhune Herrick (1887–1948), James Frederic Herrick, and a toddler daughter who died at age 3.

She published her first article in the first issue of Good Housekeeping in 1885. Her husband died in 1893 of typhoid fever, but she was able to support herself and her two young sons through her writing.

Around 1890, she built a home in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey she called The Outlook, where she resided for 13 years.

She died on December 2, 1944, in Washington, D.C.

Legacy

She wrote over thirty books on housekeeping, childcare and cooking. Herrick also published magazine articles and wrote a book with her mother.

Publications

Housekeeping Made Easy (Harpers, 1888)

Cradle and Nursery (Harpers, 1889)

Liberal Living Upon Narrow Means (Houghton, Mifflin, 1890)

What to Eat, How to Serve It (Harpers, 1891)

The Little Dinner (Scribners, 1892)

Chafing – Dish Suppers (Scribners, 1894)

The Cottage Kitchen (Scribners, 1895)

The National Cook Book (Scribners, 1896)

The Home Book for Mothers and Daughters (Christian Herald, 1897)

The New Idea Home and Cook Book (Blanchard, 1900)

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Collection

Livres de Christine Terhune Herrick

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