Chemistry, 257, 270
Cherbourg, France, 239–40
Chickens. See Poultry
Chien Lung, Emperor, 268
Children: clothing, 193; cruelty, 269; factory work, 115; on farms, 15–16, 123, 141, 183–85, 282–85; help with housework, 53–54; mothers and, 259–61; raising, 7, 53; road building work, 79–80; sense of justice, 122–23; spending money, 53–54; suicides, 291; training, 63–65, 80, 94, 122–23, 156, 162–64, 187–88, 269. See also Education; Families
China, farming in, 267–68
Chinatown, San Francisco, 55, 89–90
Chinese Almond Cakes recipe, 40–41
Choke-cherries, 223–24
Christianity, criticism of, 208
Christmas: meaning, 95; memories of, 311–12; pagan festivals at time of, 94–95; Santa Claus, 63, 95, 132; spirit of giving, 168; unrest at time of, 207
Churns, 8, 84–85
Citizenship, training children in, 80, 187–88
City life, compared to country life, 15, 204–5, 271
City women: clubs, 68–71; co-operation, 180; jobs, 71, 108
Civil War, 72, 295
Claxton, Philander P., 194, 195
Clay, Henry, 294
Clearly, Mrs., 125
Cleaver, Mrs., 72–73
Clodfelter, Roy, 296
Clothing: children’s, 193; for factory work, 108; fashions, 51, 192; making, 132, 209–10, 258–59; mending, 157; national costumes, 310
Clubs. See Social gatherings
Coal, 196, 296
Coal tar, 256–57
Colorado shale, 270
Colorado Springs, 197–98
Colton, Mr., 123–24
Cook, Frederick A., 64
Cooking, 35–36, 98, 288. See also Food; Recipes
Co-operation, 92, 94, 180, 181, 213
Council of National Defense, 115
County fairs, 279–80
Cowardice, 290
Craig, Mrs., 76
Crime, 144, 269
Croissonts recipe, 40
Culver family, 277
Curtis, Mr. and Mrs., 69–70
Czech Republic. See Bohemia
Daily life: balanced, 219–20; beauty in, 256–57; haste in, 59, 106–7, 298, 299; simplifying, 299; too busy, 138–39, 298–99. See also Work
Dairy farms, 18, 283–85
Deaver, Mr., 109
Dentists, 123
De Smet, S. Dak., 100–101
Difficulties, overcoming, 156–57
Divorces, 71
Dogs, 81–82
Doughnuts, 98
Dreams: making into reality, 133–35; of proverbs, 157–58
Droughts, 88, 308–9
Dryads, 63
Durnell, Mrs. C. A., 30–34, 88–89
Education: in Arabia, 227–28; compulsory, 183; exhibit at San Francisco Exhibition, 45; of farm children, 123, 183–84, 195, 258, 271–75; investing in, 271–75; in Wright County, 6, 297, 300–302
Eggs: prices, 103–4; production, 34–35; sold in Mansfield, 48. See also Poultry
Elections. See Politics; Presidential elections; Woman suffrage
Electricity, 196–97
Elliot, Mabel E., “Beginning Again at Ararat,”299
England: Shakespeare’s home region, 237–39; woman suffrage, 150
Erb Fruit Farms, 296
Europe: beauty of countryside, 226; farming, 225–26; national costumes, 310; political problems following war, 207–8; Rose Wilder Lane in, 6, 225–26, 231–34, 239–40, 242–43, 245–46, 247. See also World War I; and individual countries
Evil, 93–94, 213, 275
Exploration, 220–21
Factories, employment of women in during wartime, 108, 115, 150, 179–80
Facts, 73–75
Fairies, 62–65, 278
Fairness, 122–23
Fairs: county, 279–80; in Mansfield, 88–89; school, 300–302
Families: kin-folk or relations, 77–78; mottos, 275; spirit of homes, 127–28; successful, 277; visits from relatives, 173–74. See also Children; Farm families; Parents
Farmer Boy (Wilder), 5
Farmers: clubs for wartime production, 114, 115; co-operation, 92; lack of organization, 172, 185–86, 206; political participation, 172; skills and knowledge, 195
Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company, 141
Farm families: clubs, 74–75, 92; co-operation in farm work, 24–25, 141, 183–85, 282–85; social gatherings, 13, 26–27, 74–75, 92
Farming: in Arabia, 228; building up soil, 63, 140–41; in China, 267–68; in Europe, 225–26; exhibits at San Francisco Exhibition, 41, 43–44; middlemen, 104; prices, 176, 203, 206. See also Farm work
Farm loan bonds, 179
Farms: accounts, 131–32, 284; buildings, 215; Campriverside, 249–53; dairy, 18, 283–85, 296; food produced, 125, 131–32; independence, 125–26; isolation, 15; Oetting family, 282–85; pride in, 292; ruined, 291–92; Show You Farm, 139–42; small, 13–16; Wilson Stock Farm, 115–18, 296, 302–5. See also Rocky Ridge Farm
Farm women: clubs, 68–71; exclusion from farmers’ clubs, 114; political participation, 206–7; stories of individuals, 30–34, 116–18, 271–75; wishes to leave farm, 241–42n, 249n. See also Farm work of women
Farm work: family participation, 24–25, 141, 183–85, 282–85; haying, 75–76, 256; hired help, 54, 75–76, 236; machinery and tools, 14, 23–24, 123; of pioneers, 257–59
Farm work of women: attitudes toward, 4–5, 124–25; county fair exhibits, 279–80; in Europe, 225; farm management, 5–6, 116–18, 150, 194; importance, 14, 267; importance of small things, 288–89; improving working conditions, 22–26; labor-saving devices, 23–24; monetary value, 48–50; outdoor work, 76, 113–14, 194–95; unpaid work, 50; variety, 107–8; in wartime, 108–9, 114–15, 132, 180–81. See also Gardening; Poultry
Fashions. See Clothing
Federal Bureau of Education, 184
Federal Land Bank, 218
Feminism, 6–7
Fern Cliff farm (Wilson farm), 115–18, 296, 302–5
Findley, Mrs. Jess, 271–75
First Four Years, The (Wilder), 4, 5
Flowers, wild, 118–19, 253, 290
Flu. See Influenza
Food: in Albania, 264–65; doughnuts, 98; pies, 306–7; prices, 103–4, 176, 205; supplies in wartime, 155, 168; vegetables, 60, 134. See also Cooking; Fruit; Gardening; Recipes
Food production: on farms, 125, 131–32, 285; middlemen, 104; in wartime, 108–9, 114–15, 129, 148, 168, 203
Food Products Building, San Francisco Exhibition, 37–39
“Fool’s Prayer, The” (Sill), 169–71
Foreigners: immigrants in San Francisco, 55–56; visitors to United States, 197–99, 291
Forests, 195–96, 201–2
France: farming, 225–26; hunger during World War I, 129; military, 132–33, 160, 200; Paris, 242–43; Rose Wilder Lane in, 239–40, 242–43; U.S. soldiers in, 145, 147; war casualties, 146; women’s roles, 151. See also World War I
Friends, 92–93, 97–98, 169–70, 176–78. See also Neighbors; Social gatherings
Frink, Mr. and Mrs., 69–70, 249–53
Frugality. See Thrift
Fruit: apples, 18, 20–22, 59; berries, 223–24; dates, 228–29; exhibit at San Francisco Exhibition, 42–43; fresh, 59–60; plum jelly, 76; raising, 18, 20–22, 59–60, 283, 295, 296; storage, 285; wild, 223–25, 287
Fuels: coal, 196, 296; gasoline substitutes, 214–15; natural gas, 215; wood, 51, 195–96, 266
Furniture: arranging, 314; designs, 83–84, 193; painting, 313
Gantt, Mrs. James B., 42
Gardening: after end of war, 176; in Japan, 306; planning gardens in winter, 133–34, 211; practices, 32; truck, 283; vegetables, 60, 134
Gasconade River, 78, 249, 295
Geese, wild, 90
General Federation of Women’s Clubs, 70
German Honey Cake recipe, 40
Germany: beginning of World Wa
r I, 162; indemnity for World War I, 186; moral bankruptcy, 186–87
Going ahead, 101–3
Gossip, 51, 92–93, 105, 112–13, 129–30, 161
Graft, 144, 153
Grant, Eugene J., 74
Gratitude. See Thankfulness
Guilds, 185
Habits, breaking, 156
Hamby, William H., 297
Hartville, Mo.: high school, 300–302; history, 294, 295; mayor, 250; newspaper, 294; school fair, 300–302; women’s clubs, 68–71
Harvests, 236, 262–63, 292
Haste, 59, 106–7, 298, 299
Hatfield (rain maker), 308–9
Hathaway, Anne, 238
Hawks, 49, 111, 112, 134
Health: maintaining, 53; recovery from illness, 175, 229–30; of Wilders, 3, 17–18, 51. See also Influenza
Hess, Professor, 302
Highways. See Lincoln Highway; Roads
Hogs: prices, 206; raising, 61, 284, 285
Hohenschild, H. H., 42
Holmes, Oliver Wendell: “The Chambered Nautilus,”137; “The Iron Gate,”136
Holtz, William, 6, 8
Homemaking: by American women abroad, 299; children’s help, 53–54; cleaning, 60, 83–84, 313; cooking, 35–36, 98, 288; efficiency, 59; importance, 288–89; improving, 102; labor-saving devices, 23–24; laundry and ironing, 83; tips, 24, 36, 57, 60, 83, 99; value of work, 7, 54; in wartime, 290-91
Homes: love of, 285–87; spirit of, 127–28. See also Houses
Honesty, 152–53, 161, 163, 289–90
Honor: duty and, 200; keeping promises, 199–200; personal codes, 160–62
Hoover, Herbert, 132, 155
Horses, 45, 228, 278
Horticulture. See Fruit
Houses: building materials, 215, 216; improvements, 299–300, 313–15; rooms, 193–94, 314–15; spirit of homes, 127–28; of Wilders, 18, 300; windows, 314
Housework. See Homemaking
Huckleberries, 224
Hunger, 109, 129, 168
Hunter, Mrs. George, 70
Hurry. See Haste
Idleness, 51–53, 75–76, 229–30
Illiteracy, 183–84
Illnesses. See Health; Influenza
Inflation, 202–3
Influenza, 165, 171
Ingalls, Caroline Quiner (mother), 260, 290, 309–10
Ingalls, Charles (father), 119, 187, 290
Ingalls, Charles Frederick (brother), 119
Ingalls, Mary (sister), 77, 90, 119, 121–22, 290
International Congress of Farm Women, 26, 27
Inventions, 214–15; airplanes, 159, 221–22; electric dust sieve, 222–23; rock eating machine, 270
“I Remember Laura” (Hines), 5
Irving, Washington, “The Voyage,”190
Italian White Tagliarini recipe, 40
Italy: San Marino and, 166–67; women’s roles, 151; World War I in, 160
I.W.W. (Industrial Workers of the World), 154, 206
Japan, 253–54, 255, 306
Jennets, 44–45
Jews, in Poland, 246
Jones, Emmett, 301
Justamere Club, 191–92
Justice, children’s sense of, 122–23
Katmai National Monument, 188–90
Kin-folk, 77–78. See also Families
Labor disputes, 205–6, 208, 212
Laidlaw, W. N., 45
Lane, Franklin K., 196
Lane, Gillette, 7
Lane, Rose Wilder: birth, 3; on city life, 204; education, 6; European travels, 6, 225–26, 231–34, 239–40, 242–43, 245–46, 247; feminism, 7; letters, 225–26, 232–34, 239–40, 242–43, 255, 260; marriage, 7; in Missouri, 7–8, 306; The Peaks of Shala, 264n; on pie, 306; Red Cross work, 245; relationship with mother, 6, 7–8, 260; “Soldiers of the Soil,”71, 76; writing, 8, 297
League of Nations, 183
Learning, 101–3
Leisure, 175, 197–98, 229–30. See also Idleness
Letters from readers, 241–42
Lewis, Sinclair, 306n
Liberty Bonds, 147–48, 178–79
Libraries, circulating, 15, 16
Life, as adventure, 57–58. See also Daily life
Light in the Clearing, The (Bacheller), 294
Lincoln Highway, 200–201, 202
Literacy, 183–84. See also Education
Litter, 138
Little House book series (Wilder), 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 90, 121–22, 311–12
Little House in the Big Woods (Wilder), 121–22
“Little People,” 62–63
Little Town on the Prairie (Wilder), 6
Livestock: bringing home cows, 287; dairy cows, 18, 283–84, 285, 296; exhibits at San Francisco Exhibition, 44–45; hogs, 61, 206, 284, 285; jennets, 44–45; local fairs, 88; purebred cattle, 117, 284
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 7, 70
Lying, 54, 163. See also Honesty
Maiden ladies, 149
Major, Elliot W. (Missouri governor), 44, 49, 111
Manners, 198–99, 261–62
Mansfield, Mo.: annual fair, 88–89; clubs, 191–92; creamery, 283; farmers’ club, 114; Liberty Bonds purchased, 147; location, 30, 78; poultry, egg, and cream sales, 48, 295; road building, 78–80; schools, 6; town loafers, 75–76. See also Wright County
Mansfield Boys Good Roads Club, 79–80
Marquis, M. and Mme., 197–99
Marriage: of Wilders, 5; as women’s goal, 149, 150
Matzas recipe, 41
Mays, Carl, 297
McDemott, John, 43
McGowan, Glenette, 302
McMillan, D. B., 75
Meals: in Albania, 264–65; desserts, 59; overeating, 264. See also Cooking; Food
Memories, 191, 254; of childhood, 90, 100–101, 118–19, 121–22, 187, 236, 287, 290; of mothers, 259–60, 290, 309–10
Men: in clubs, 267; gossip, 113; returned soldiers, 179; unemployment, 179
Mexican Tamale Loaf recipe, 39–40
Middlemen, 104, 176
Military service, of women, 146, 247, 248. See also Veterans; World War I
Miller, John E., 8
Mining: coal, 196; exhibit at San Francisco Exhibition, 41, 45–47; in Ozarks, 143, 296
Missouri: Civil War in, 72, 295; exhibits at San Francisco Exhibition, 41–47; governor, 44, 49, 111; politics, 120; poultry farming, 114; roads, 78–79; schools, 45; state funds, 234–35; taxes, 234; woman suffrage, 181. See also Ozarks
Missouri Fruit Experiment Station, 295
Missouri Poultry Experiment Station, 296
Missouri Ruralist, 2–4
Missouri State College of Agriculture, 114
Mohammedans, 227
Montessori, Maria, 45
Morton, J. Sterling, 202
Mothers: memories of, 259–60, 290, 309–10; raising children, 7, 53–54; relationships with children, 260–61; teaching children, 272–73. See also Parents
Motor cars. See Automobiles
Mountain Grove, Mo., 139, 141, 295, 296
Mrs. Wilder’s Nature Songs, 16–17
Mundy, Talbot, 135
Munitions factories, 150
Music: development of written, 307–8; practicing, 102
Muslims, 227
National costumes, 310
National Geographic magazine, 57, 227
National Geographic Society, 188, 190
National parks, 188–90
National Woman’s Trade Union League of America, 115
Natural gas, 215
Nature: beauty, 87–88, 124, 287–88; wildlife, 81, 88, 138, 294
Nebraska, trees planted, 202
Neighbors: deaths, 109–10; good, 109–10; help from, 144, 145, 266; visiting, 107, 173–75, 176–77. See also Friends; Social gatherings
Newton, Cleveland, 297
New Year, 131, 169, 264, 281, 298, 299
New York City, 205, 218
Nicole, Alphonse Gabriel, 132–33
North Pole, 64, 220
Nosta
lgia for past, 253–55
Oetting, Fred, 282–85, 296
Oil, 214
Old maids, 149
Old settlers, 72–73
“Onward Christian Soldiers,” 89–90
Opportunities, 164–65
Ozarks: early settlers, 72–73, 257–59, 294; forests, 201–2; mining, 143, 296; water power, 197. See also Wright County
Pacific Ocean, 298
Pagan festivals, 94–95
Parents: influence on children, 291; training children, 53–54, 63–65, 80, 94, 122–23, 156, 162–64, 187–88, 269. See also Mothers
Paris, 242–43
Parsons, Floyd W., 197
Past, nostalgia for, 253–55
Peary, Robert E., 64, 220
“Peculiar” people, 177–78
Pensions, 179
Petroleum, 214
“Pictures of Plowing and Weaving,”268
Pies, 306–7
Plum jelly, 76
Poetry, 16–17
Poland, 245–46, 247–48
Politics: debate on entry into war, 120; farmers’ participation, 172; in Missouri, 120; presidential elections, 218–19, 294; women’s participation, 6–7, 181–82, 206–7, 246–48. See also Woman suffrage
Polk, James K., 294
Poori recipe, 41
Popular opinion, agreeing with, 289–90
Poultry: earnings, 50, 134; eggs, 34–35, 48, 103–4; fair exhibits, 88–89; feeds, 32, 34–35; hawk attacks, 49, 111, 112, 134; keeping accounts, 49–50; in Missouri, 114; raising, 32–33, 49–50, 279, 284–85, 296; on Rocky Ridge Farm, 18; Ruralist Poultry Club, 107, 111; sales in Mansfield, 48; turkeys, 48, 117, 296, 302–5
Prague, Bohemia, 231–34, 255
Presidential elections, 218–19, 294
Price, paying, 105–6
Princeton University, 164
Profiteering, 144, 153, 202, 203
Promises, keeping, 199–200
Proverbs, 157–58
Public officials, 44, 49, 154–55, 217–18, 250
Rain maker, 308–9
Readiness, 126–27, 164–65
Recipes: international breads, 39–41; plum jelly, 76
Red Cross: donations, 148, 153; knitting and sewing for, 132; Rose Wilder Lane’s travels for, 6, 7, 245; volunteers, 146–47, 245; in World War I, 146–47
Rest cure, 173–74
Riley, F. H., 79, 80
Rippee, Mrs., 296
Roads, 244–45; beautifying, 80, 200–201, 202; building, 78–80; in Wright County, 78–80, 294
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