Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls Wilder was born on February 7, 1867, to Charles and Caroline Ingalls, in the woods of Wisconsin (Gornick & Cheng, 2017)

Laura was one of three daughters in the Ingalls family.

The dreams of Laura's father would produce a life of prairie travel for the Ingalls family, and a career as a children's author for herself (Showalter, 2017).

Laura Ingalls was married to Almanzo Wilder on August 25, 1885, in DeSmet, South Dakota.

Almanzo and Laura had one child, a daughter Rose Wilder.

In 1894, the family moved to Missouri, living here for the rest of their lives.

With the encouragement of her daughter Rose Wilder Lane, Laura began writing the stories of her childhood as the daughter of a pioneering family. Her first book "Little House in the Big Woods" was a success and to this day children love to read the stories. She went on the write eight more books in the series about her growing up (Fraser, 2017).

Books Authored by wilder

• Little House In The Big Woods(1932)
• Farmer Boy(1933)
• Little House On The Prairie(1935)
• On The Banks Of Plum Creek(1937)
• By The Shores Of Silver Lake(1939)
• The Long Winter(1940)
• Little Town On The Prairie(1941)
• These Happy Golden Years(1943)

Laura passed away on February 10, 1957, eight years after Almanzo. Their gravesite is in Mansfield Missouri, near their home on Rocky Ridge.

References

• 'Conestoga Wagon Replica on the Oregon Trail, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska' Photographic Print. AllPosters.com. (n.d.). https://www.allposters.com/-sp/Conestoga-Wagon-Replica-on-the-Oregon-Trail-....
• Fraser, C. (2017). Prairie fires: the American dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Metropolitan Books.
• Gornick, V., & Cheng, H. R. (2017, November 16). Little House, Small Government. The New Republic. https://newrepublic.com/article/145410/little-house-small-government-laura-....
• Showalter, E. (2017, February 6). At 150, Laura Ingalls Wilder still speaks to readers old and new. The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/at-150-laura-ingalls-wil....