was the author of an early household management and cookery book, The Frugal Housewife, or, Complete woman cook.
Her book was first published around 1765 in London by Francis Newbery, who was based in a printing enclave around St Paul's Cathedral.
The book was also published in 1765 in Dublin, and was first reprinted in North America in 1772 by Benjamin Edes and John Gill in Boston, illustrated with prints made by Paul Revere.
Confusingly, a completely different book with the same title was written by Lydia Maria (Francis) Child; its popularity may be reason why it remained in print from 1829 to 1855.
[1] She wrote of the usefulness of Carter's book for Americans: "It was the intention of the author of the American Frugal Housewife, to have given an Appendix from the English Frugal Housewife; but upon examination, she found the book so little fitted to the wants of this country, that she has been able to extract but little.