Who was Laura Ingalls Wilder

I'm listening to "Who Was Laura Ingalls Wilder?" by Patricia Brennan Demuth from County of Los Angeles Public Library. Find this & more at https://www.overdrive.com/search?q=15e00774-d83c-4af2-aa67-885441832607.

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"Don't know much about the pioneers"

Want to know why pioneers like LIW called themselves emigrants? Get this book "Don't Know Much About...The Pioneers" by Kenneth C. Davis. He'll describe to you the culture of the time with words and colored cartoon pictures and maps. 

I didn't want to put it down, but I had to when class was over! 

Nick Clifford, driller 1938-1939-1940

     Who is Nick Clifford? This gentleman was born about 1920 and worked as a driller on Mount Rushmore from 1938-1939-1940. He was 19 years old when he started working on the major project. He is the last surviving/living worker from Mount Rushmore. He is retired now. But he is at Mount Rushmore signing autographs for his biography. 

     So what does Mount Rushmore have to do with Laura Ingalls Wilder? Her brother-in-law had a part in naming Mt. Rushmore. Her sister, Carrie Ingalls was married to David Swanezy.

Please read the link to see what happened when they named it Mt. Rushmore. 10 pts. if you know the Native American name for the hills. 

Link to Carrie Ingalls 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Ingalls

Link to Wikipedia for Mt. Rushmore. 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rushmore

 Picture taken by D. and N. Duncan and family. Copyright August 2015. Taken at Mount Rushmore. 

Sarah Utthoff

http://beyondlittlehouse.com/2015/07/11/and-one-more-on-the-way-kirk-dirt/

This is Sarah  Uthoff. She writes a blog about LIW. You can also find her on twitter. 

Is Laura Ingalls Wilder a Rapunzel?

     By now everyone knows the story of Rapunzel, if only via Disney. If you don't here's the link to Wikipedia to help you along. 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapunzel

     In the book Little House Travel Diary, at the end of the 1894 trip by wagon Rose Wilder describes her mother's hair. As an adult LIW would brush her EXTREMELY LONG HAIR and then braid it, either in one or two braids; depending on the occasion. Very genteel occasions called for putting her hair up in a very tight bun. This is no easy feat. In 1894 women had hair down to their waist and beyond!  Apparently LIW had her hair down to her ankles!  Wearing it up in a bun would give her a headache, as Rose Wilder stated in the book. Also, how did she ever wash it?!

     Personally, I have had my hair down to my waist, at least, 5 times in my life. It does take a while to grow out. There are tears shed when you decide to cut it, as well. The hair dresser will turn you around and do one swift scissor cut across the starting point of your hair cut. Then, she will turn you around and let you see the one to two feet of hair she just cut off. If she's sensitive to your needs, she'll either pat you on the shoulder or give you a hug. Then she will finish by washing, conditioning, trimming, and styling your hair. 

     Here's my question, did LIW cut her hair later in life? It seems that she had by the flapper, and thread bare thirties eras. She also is seen wearing a standard skirt (medi) and regular shoes for the time. I always wonder what the young women of the enlightened era thought of the dress code of the 1920's and 1930's. Quite a difference. I'm sure some newspapers and magazines have a lot of articles and subscriber mails about that. 

     My maternal grandmother was born in 1909. It was interesting to see her dressed as a flapper. She always wore a skirt below the knee. I had never, ever seen her in a mini skirt. Her skirts always went to the calf. Her hair was nonexistent by the time I came along.  She had lost her hair to extreme stress from the communist takeover of her home country. Therefore, she wore a wig. Her wigs were always short.  Her wigs went down to her blouse/shirt collar. Thanks to the wigs she never had a gray hair shown in her life.  May she rest in peace. 

     I think I'll take another look at hairstyles from 1890's-1930's. Bye for now.