Christine Terhune Herrick

Christine Terhune Herrick (June 13, 1859 - December 2, 1944) was an American author who wrote mostly about housekeeping. She published many articles in Harper's Bazaar and was also a journalist 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. She published her first article in the very first...See more

Christine Terhune Herrick (June 13, 1859 - December 2, 1944) was an American author who wrote mostly about housekeeping. She published many articles in Harper's Bazaar and was also a journalist 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. She published her first article in the very 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. She wrote over thirty books on housekeeping, childcare and cooking. Herrick also published magazine articles and wrote a book with her mother See less