Laura ingalls wilder biography facts
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
(1867-1957)
Who Was Laura Ingalls Wilder?
Laura Ingalls Wilder published Little House in the Big Woods, the first of her well-known Little House series that eventually spawned the hit TV program Little House on the Prairie, in 1932. Wilder finished the last book in 1943. On February 10, 1957, she died at age 90, on her farm in Mansfield, Missouri.
Early Life
Wilder was born on February 7, 1867, to Charles and Caroline Ingalls in their log cabin just outside of Pepin, Wisconsin. In her books, Wilder would later come to call the cabin "The Little House in the Big Woods." Two years after her birth, in 1869, her family moved to Kansas, which would become the setting for her book Little House on the Prairie. She was one of five children. She had an older sister named Mary; two younger sisters, Carrie and Grace; and a younger brother named Charles, who died at nine months old.
Wilder described her early years as "full of sunshine and s
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Lesson Plans/Resources Blog
“They not only tell us what life was like, but they also tell us what life could be like if we could only live up to our best ideals.” – John E. Miller on the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Once told that writing for children was a waste of time, Laura Ingalls Wilder ignored that advice to become one of the most influential children’s authors of all time. Though her famous Little House book series is officially classified as fiction, they are autobiographical in nature, teaching about and reflecting on the harshness of life in the late 1800s in the context of a warm and loving family. To celebrate 150 years since her birth in a little house in the big woods, here are 15 facts you may not know about Laura Ingalls Wilder.
1. Laura Ingalls Wilder didn’t have her first book published until 1932, 65 years after she was born on February 7, 1867, in a little house in the big woods of Pepin County, Wisconsin.
2. Pa’s nickname for Laura was his “little half
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
American writer, teacher, and reporter (1867–1957)
"Laura Ingalls" redirects here. For other persons, see Laura Ingalls (disambiguation).
Laura Ingalls Wilder | |
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Laura Ingalls Wilder, circa 1885 | |
| Born | Laura Elizabeth Ingalls (1867-02-07)February 7, 1867 Pepin County, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | February 10, 1957(1957-02-10) (aged 90) Mansfield, Missouri, U.S. |
| Resting place | Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Missouri, U.S. |
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| Period | 1911–1957 (as a writer) |
| Genre | Diaries, essays, family saga (children'shistorical novels) |
| Subject | Midwestern and Western |
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| Notable awards | Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal est. 1954 |
| Spouse | Almanzo Wilder (m. 1885; died 1949) |
| Children | 2, including Rose Wilder Lane |
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Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957)