Talk:Laura Ingalls Wilder
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[edit] Is this a page about Rose or Laura?
This page is bizarre. It is mostly about Rose. There is much more about her than her mother. There is very little about Laura's early childhood, which form the backbone of why she is famous.
Very strange
Yes, and it relies very heavily on "Ghost in the Little House," the controversial biography of Rose, which would belong more in Rose's biography page. This page needs to be seriously reworked. There's a lot about Laura that could be written about, and a good source to consider would be the book "Becoming Laura Ingalls Wilder," which was published (I believe) by a Missouri Historical Society. (Kroessman 21:03, 14 July 2006 (UTC))
I'm not certain, but this page (http://www.biblio.com/authors/591/Laura_Ingalls_Wilder_Biography.html) seems awfully suspiciously similar to what is on this Laura Ingalls bio page. Depending on which came first, whoever authored this page may have simply plagiarized, which would explain the article's apparent oddness. Worth checking out, perhaps? (Kroessman 21:03, 14 July 2006 (UTC))
I came here specifically to ask the exact same question -- why isn't all the information about Rose on Rose's page? Dreadpiratetif 21:01, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
I've begun some of the changes suggested above, and will relocate most of the excised biographical detail to Rose's page. Rose's page seems quite extensive already, and I will try to find the most appropriate placement for it asap. There still remains a little too much Rose here, but this is a start. Professor marginalia 17:04, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
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My Teacher, Dawn Renninger, is dressed up like Laura Ingalls Wilder today. At my school, Indian Valley High School, it is dress up like your favorite ficiotnal character day today. Laura Ingalls Wilder was a real person though ,so how can she dress like Laura for fictional character day??? It doesn't make sense.
- Although, Laura Ingalls Wilder was real person, the Little House novels are not autobiographies, they are fictionalized, meaning that the incidents described did not neccisarily hapen the way, or when, they happen in the books. For example: Laura was about three years old when her family moved to Kansas for the events portrayed in Little House on the Prairie. After leaving Kansas, the family moved back to Wisconsin for a period. Since Laura was to young to remember the much before she moved to Kansas, it is likely that the events portrayed in Little House in the Big Woods happened after the events in Kansas, not before. However that sequence did not fit Mrs. Wilder's plan for the series, which was to follow a plan of continious Western movement. In short the Laura of the little house books is a fictional character based on the real life child Laura Ingalls. Dsmdgold 21:55, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
- Uh...I remember a LOT of things from when I was 3...certainly enough to fill a book the size of Little House in the Big Woods... TShilo12 07:58, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] I'm A Wilder
A rather general search of my family tree suggests that I am a possible descendent of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
My mother's grandfather was George Wilder ... fought in the American-Spanish war ... a homesteader during the Oklahoma land rush ... who established a town in Oklahoma. I saw a picture of Laura Wilder in her later years and she definitely has a family resemblence.
Anyone who might also believe they are related ... or just have useful information ... I would so much appreciate your reply.
- Although you might be related, you are not a descendent. Laura had two children, a son who died in infancy and a daughter, Rose, who was childless. Laura, of course was an Ingalls, and is not genetically related to the Wilder family. Dsmdgold 16:14, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Inconsistency of name references
This article refers to Laura Ingalls Wilder and Rose Wilder Lane by their given names but the article on the latter uses their family names. Could somebody make the call and fix this? --Kenji Yamada 05:57, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
