Sophia joined her father in Baltimore (the most populous city in the U.S.), contributing to the Southern Review and beginning a school for girls and she became a frequent contributor of articles, writing as Mrs S. B. Herrick.
Sophia McIlvaine Bledsoe Herrick (March 26, 1837  October 9, 1919) was an American science writer, editor, and literary critic. Sophia joined her father in Baltimore, contributing to the Southern Review and beginning a school for girls. She became a frequent contributor of articles, writing as Mrs S. B. Herrick, and was for a time assistant editor to Richard Watson Gilder at Century. Baltimore (/bltmr/ BAWL-tim-or, locally: /blmr/) is the most populous city in the [[U.S._state|U.S. 
