Laura Ingalls Wilder
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Novelists, Short Story Writers, Media, Journalism, Journalists, Frontier, Pioneers
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1951-present, Women’s History, American History 1878-1900
Article abstract: As a newspaper columnist in the 1910’s and 1920’s, Wilder espoused traditional values. Through the widely acclaimed fictionalized account of her youth in the “Little House” novels, she presented a picture of pioneer and homesteading life from the 1860’s to the 1880’s.
Early Life
Laura Ingalls was born in Pepin, Wisconsin, the second of four daughters of Charles Phillip Ingalls and his wife, Caroline Quiner Ingalls. They moved around frequently before finally settling in De Smet, South Dakota, in 1879. Because of an economic...
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