What is Caroline Chisholm?
'''Caroline Chisholm''' (May 30, 1808 - March 25, 1877) was an [[English people|English]] [[Humanitarianism|humanitarian]].<ref>[http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/chisholm-caroline-1894 Biography - Caroline Chisholm - Australian Dictionary of Biography]</ref> She was known for her involvement with female [[Immigration|immigrant]] welfare in [[Australia]]. She was named a [[saint]] of the [[Church of England]]. Her day is May 16 in the [[Calendar of saints]]. == Early life == Caroline Jones was born in [[Northampton]], [[England]]. She came from a very large family. Her father, William Jones, had been [[Marriage|married]] four times. All his previous wives had died in [[Birth|childbirth]]. Caroline was William's sixteenth child and the youngest of the seven who lived. William died when Caroline was six years old. His death left the family with little money. She lived with her family at 11 Mayorhold. In 1822, when Caroline was 22, she married Archibald Chisholm. He was a [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]]. He was ten years older than she was. He served with [[East India Company]] [[Army]]. It is believed that Caroline [[Religious conversion|converted]] to her husband's faith at this time. They were married at the [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Northampton. == India == Archibald returned to his [[regiment]] in [[Chennai|Madras]], [[India]] in January 1832. Caroline joined him 18 months later. When she saw the bad behaviour of some of the girls, she asked the [[Governor]] of Madras to help her set up a school. In 1834, Caroline founded the Female School of Industry for the Daughters of European [[Soldier|Soldiers]]. The school provided a practical [[education]] for the girls. They were taught to read and write and about [[religion]], [[cooking]], [[housekeeping]], and [[nursing]]. Caroline gave birth to two sons, Archibald and William, and she followed her husband around in his travels. == Australia == In 1838, Archibald became sick. Rather than go back to England, they moved to Austra