Caroline Chisholm

Caroline Chisholm (wikipedia.org/)

A hero is someone who makes a great impact on the world.

Caroline was born in 1808 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, and she lived for sixty-nine years. Caroline married Archibald Chisholm who was in the army. Shortly after they got married, the couple moved to Sydney, Australia. Caroline had six children.

Caroline Chisholm was a hero because she always helped people and fought for women's rights. She even got into helping people as a child. She let people stay at her house, no matter who they were.

Caroline didn't stay at home like most wives; she spent her time walking about Sydney and there were many women living in the streets with no place to go. Caroline wrote a letter to the Governor about this problem and then those women were given a house to live in. Then she helped them to find work.

Caroline accepted no money for her work and died in 1877 leaving Australian women with better rights.