- 1Biography
- 1.1Recognition
- 1.1.1 Commemorative postage stamp
- 2 Bibliography
- 3 References
- 4 Further reading
- 5 External links
Biography
Mrs Catharine Parr Traill byWilliam James Topley
She was born Catharine Parr Strickland in Rotherhithe in 1802, sister to authors Agnes Strickland, Susanna Moodie, and Elisabeth Strickland, Traill. She was the first of the sisters to commence writing. She began writing children's books in 1818, after the death of her father. Her early work, such as Disobedience, or Mind What Mama Says (1819), and "Happy Because Good", were written for children, and often dwell on the benefits of obedience to one's parents.