Catherine Dickens

Catherine Dickens
Born	Catherine Thomson Hogarth (1815-05-19)19 May 1815 Edinburgh, Scotland
Died	22 November 1879(1879-11-22) (aged 64) London, England
Resting place	Highgate Cemetery, London, England
Known for	Wife of English novelist Charles Dickens
Spouse	Charles Dickens ​ ​ (m. 1836; sep. 1858)​
Children	Charles Culliford Boz Dickens Mary Dickens Kate Macready Dickens Walter Landor Dickens Francis Jeffrey Dickens Alfred D'Orsay Tennyson Dickens Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens Sir Henry Fielding Dickens Dora Annie Dickens Edward Dickens
Parent	George Hogarth (father)
Relatives	Georgina Hogarth (sister)

Catherine Thomson "Kate" Dickens (née Hogarth; 19 May 1815 – 22 November 1879) was a British author and purportedly a popular cook and author of a Victorian cookbook "What Shall We have For Dinner" under the pen name Lady Maria Clutterbuck. For about twenty years, she was married to the novelist Charles Dickens, during which time she kept up a large house and raised ten children. Following their highly public and very controversial separation, in 1858, Catherine was subjected to broader scrutiny in the press and increasingly defamed, many characterizations being, it was said, formed through her husband's public utterances. Recent scholarly appraisals have tried to reinstate voice and agency to her, acknowledge her contributions to Victorian domestic culture, and reconsider the gendered dynamics of her marriage.