Laura Ingalls Wilder's Impact On American Society

There are many books that have made outstanding impacts on American society. Every single book is different in several divergent aspects. They reflect the different personalities of the authors through their writing styles. Some books focus more on descriptive writing, while others focus on portraying emotions. There are many genres that can fit anyone. Authors are incredible at pulling the readers into the books and making them feel whatever they want them to feel. Every one of those characteristics contribute in some way or another to American society. Through Laura Ingalls Wilder’s intriguing writing style and personal themes, she has contributed descriptive, realistic, and simple viewpoints on life to American society and literature. Every author has their story about how they started writing and Laura Ingalls Wilder is no exception. She got her start by writing articles in a farm journal. “It was through her agricultural career that Laura got a start in writing” (Barnett). Laura grew up on many different farms and continued to live on one even after she got married. Farming …show more content…
She had many people push her to tell the stories of her childhood including her daughter Rose. “The influence of her daughter Rose was also important to Wilder’s early writing career” (Barnett). Writing books can be awful hard to do by oneself. Writers need the constant encouragement from family to help them through the stressful phases that often occur during the process of writing. Wilder’s daughter did much more than inspire her mother to write. Rose also played a major role in her mother’s writing career. “In addition to serving as her mother’s editor, Rose helped get Wilder’s articles published in two national magazines, McCall’s and Country Gentleman” (Barnett). The journal opportunities that Laura took advantage of helped her form a sturdy foundation for her future accomplishments in the Little House on the Prairie book