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Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (died 1957)

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Born
February 7, 1867
Died
February 10, 1957
Zodiac sign
Aquarius
Birth year
1867

About Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder was an American writer, teacher, and journalist. She is best known as the author of the children's book series Little House on the Prairie, published between 1932 and 1943, which was based on her childhood in a settler and pioneer family. Those experiences formed the basis for Wilder's first two novels, Little House in the Big Woods (1932) and the beginning of Little House on the Prairie (1935). Ingalls' home in Pepin became the setting for her first book, Little House in the Big Woods (1932). They moved there from Wisconsin when Ingalls was about seven years old, after briefly living with the family of her uncle, Peter Ingalls, first in Wisconsin and then on rented land near Lake City, Minnesota.

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Laura Ingalls Wilder timeline

  1. Those experiences formed the basis for Wilder's first two novels, Little House in the Big Woods (1932) and the beginning of Little House on the Prairie (1935).
  2. Ingalls' home in Pepin became the setting for her first book, Little House in the Big Woods (1932).
  3. She is best known as the author of the children's book series Little House on the Prairie, published between 1932 and 1943, which was based on her childhood in a settler and pioneer family.

The world when Laura Ingalls Wilder was born

Laura Ingalls Wilder was born in 1867. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineUS purchases Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million
  • Technology milestoneDynamite patented by Alfred Nobel
  • Notable inventionDynamite
  • World population~1.47B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderAndrew Johnson
  • U.S. population34.5M

1867 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Laura Ingalls Wilder's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18672026
Population34.5M341 million

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