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Sarah Chauncey Woolsey (January 29, 1835 – April 9, 1905) was an American children's author who wrote under the pen name Susan Coolidge. Background Woolsey was born on January 29, 1835, into the wealthy, influential New England Dwight family, in Cleveland, Ohio. Her father was John Mumford Woolsey (1796–1870) and her mother Jane Andrews, and author and poet Gamel Woolsey was her niece. Her family moved to New Haven Connecticut in 1852. Woolsey worked as a nurse during the American Civil War (1861–1865), after which she started to write. She never married, and resided at her family home in Newport, Rhode Island, until her death. She edited The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mrs. Delaney (1879) and The Diary and Letters of Frances Burney (1880). She is best known for her classic children's novel What Katy Did (1872). The fictional Carr family was modeled after her own, with Katy Carr inspired by Woolsey herself. The brothers and sisters were modeled on her four younger siblings: Jane Andrews Woolsey, born October 25, 1836, who married Reverend Henry Albert Yardley; Elizabeth Dwight Woolsey, born April 24, 1838, who married Daniel Coit Gilman and died in 1910; Theodora Walton Woolsey, born September 7, 1840; and William Walton Woolsey, born July 18, 1842, who married Catherine Buckingham Convers, daughter of Charles Cleveland Convers. Works Books Short stories, poems and other publications Translations Articles on Susan Coolidge 1959: Susan Coolidge, the Horn Book Magazine of books and reading for children and young people. 14 pages in June 1959 References External links Works by Susan Coolidge at Project Gutenberg Works by or about Susan Coolidge at Internet Archive Works by or about Sarah Chauncey Woolsey at Internet Archive Works by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks) Works by Susan Coolidge (Sarah Chauncey Woolsey) at The Online Books Page 19th-Century Girls' Series. Discover the Susan Coolidge popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Susan Coolidge books.