1940's Government and Politics | The Discovery of Freedom: Man's Struggle Against Authority

Nonfiction work

By: Rose Wilder Lane

Date: 1943

Source: Lane, Rose Wilder. The Discovery of Freedom: Man's Struggle Against Authority. Fiftieth Anniversary Edition. San Francisco: Fox & Wilkes, 1993.

About the Author: Rose Wilder Lane (1886–1968) was the first child of Almanzo and Laura Ingalls Wilder. Her family later became famous thanks to the Little House children's book series written by her mother, which Lane herself edited and heavily modified. As a columnist and author in her own right, Lane explored ideas about individual rights and international affairs and was one of a handful of highly visible U.S. women political commentators in the first half of the twentieth century.

Introduction

The Discovery of Freedom: Man's Struggle Against Authority served as Rose Wilder Lane's personal manifesto, an explanation of a political philosophy...