Rose Wilder Lane

Journalist
BIRTHDAY
December 5,1886
Birthplace
SD
Age
Oct 30,1968,age 81
Birth Sign
Sagittarius
BIRTHDAY
December 5,1886 (age Oct 30,1968,age 81)
Birthplace
SD

About

Most their as the first and only surviving child of Little House on the Prairie writer Laura Ingalls Wilder, Lane became an author in her own right, penning novels, travelogues, and works of political journalism.

Before Fame

After working for several years as a Western Union telegrapher, she began a career as a freelance writer. By the end of the 1920s, she was one of the best paid female journalists in the country.

Trivia

The extent to which she may have contributed as a writer to her mother's their Little House series is the subject of much debate; her literary connections certainly helped secure the publication of her mother's books.

Family Life

She was born in De Smet, Dakota Territory to Laura Ingalls Wilder and Almanzo Wilder, and she spent her childhood years in South Dakota, Minnesota, Florida, Missouri, and Louisiana. Her marriage to salesman Clare Gillette Lane lasted from 1909 until 1918.

Associated With

She and fellow political theorist Ayn Rand both contributed to the development of the American Libertarian Movement.

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