Introduction

Biography

Julia was the wife of Uni­ver­sal­ist min­is­ter Tho­mas J. Car­ney (mar­ried 1849).

She be­gan writ­ing vers­es in early child­hood, con­trib­ut­ing po­ems to ju­ve­nile pe­ri­od­icals when she was on­ly four­teen. She be­gan teach­ing pri­ma­ry school in Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts, in 1844.