Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder was a pioneer woman who was born on February 7, 1867 in Pepin, Wisconsin. She was the second of five children. Laura Ingalls Wilder who wrote the little house series of children's books based on her childhood in a pioneer family. Then she stared writing more about when she was a little girl and that led to the Little House series but not all were about her childhood.
She married Almanzo Wilder when she was eighteen and he was twenty-eight on August 25, 1885 in South Dakota. The next year, Laura gave birth to her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane and later,had an unnamed son, who died shortly after his birth in 1889. The first few years of marriage held many trials. Almanzo had diphtheria which had left him partially paralyzed. Their home and barn were destroyed by fire and several years of severe drought that left them in debt, physically ill, and unable to earn a living from their 320 acres of prairie land.
In the 1910s, Rose Wilder Lane became a reporter for the San Francisco Bulletin which encouraged her to write about her childhood. Laura also decided to follow her daughter Rose Wilder and developed a writing career of her own. An invitation to submit an article to the Missouri Ruralist in 1911 led to a permanent position as a columnist and editor with that publication — a position she held until the mid-1920s. She also took a paid position with a Farm Loan Association, handing out small loans to local farmers from her office in the farmhouse. They had a comfortable and worry-free retirement. Laura died in February 10, 1957.
She married Almanzo Wilder when she was eighteen and he was twenty-eight on August 25, 1885 in South Dakota. The next year, Laura gave birth to her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane and later,had an unnamed son, who died shortly after his birth in 1889. The first few years of marriage held many trials. Almanzo had diphtheria which had left him partially paralyzed. Their home and barn were destroyed by fire and several years of severe drought that left them in debt, physically ill, and unable to earn a living from their 320 acres of prairie land.
In the 1910s, Rose Wilder Lane became a reporter for the San Francisco Bulletin which encouraged her to write about her childhood. Laura also decided to follow her daughter Rose Wilder and developed a writing career of her own. An invitation to submit an article to the Missouri Ruralist in 1911 led to a permanent position as a columnist and editor with that publication — a position she held until the mid-1920s. She also took a paid position with a Farm Loan Association, handing out small loans to local farmers from her office in the farmhouse. They had a comfortable and worry-free retirement. Laura died in February 10, 1957.