Eliza Jane Wilder
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| Eliza Jane Wilder | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 1, 1850 Malone, New York |
| 💀Died | June 1, 1930 (aged 80) Lafayette, LouisianaJune 1, 1930 (aged 80) |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 💼 Occupation | Teacher |
| 👪 Relatives | Laura Ingalls Wilder Almanzo Wilder Rose Wilder |
Eliza Jane Wilder (January 1, 1850 – June 1, 1930) was an American educator and teacher. She was the teacher and sister-in-law of Laura Ingalls Wilder, sister of Almanzo Wilder, and caretaker of Rose Wilder during Rose's last year of high school. She is a character in Laura's books Farmer Boy and Little Town on the Prairie and Rose's book Free Land.
In the Little House on the Prairie television series, Eliza is played by actress Lucy Lee Flippin.
Biography
Eliza was born in 1850 in Malone, New York, to James and Angeline Wilder. She was the sister of Laura Ann (1844–1899), Royal Gould (1847–1925), Alice M. (1853–1892), Perley Day (1869–1934), and Almanzo Wilder, born February 13, 1857. Eliza fell between Royal and Alice. For high school, she attended the Franklin Academy.[1]
Eliza became a schoolteacher in Malone before the family decided to move west in 1877. They settled in Spring Valley, Minnesota, where Eliza taught school from 1877 to 1878. In April 1879, the family then moved to De Smet, South Dakota, where each of the siblings took land claims. Eliza filed for her land claim in August 1879, at the government seat of Yankton. While living in De Smet and homesteading, Eliza began teaching again, where she met Laura as one of her students.[2]
Her homesteading attempt did not go well, and her health broke down many times during the elongated attempt to become successful.[3] Eliza then moved around the United States, working at different jobs, and she eventually settled in Louisiana.
In 1903, Almanzo and Laura sent their daughter Rose to live with Eliza during Rose's last year of high school. Laura and Rose's relationship had become tumultuous, and it was thought Eliza would better be able to handle her. Rose left Mansfield, Missouri, and traveled to Eliza's home in Crowley, Louisiana, where she finished her schooling and graduated at 17 with honors.[4][5] Ann Romines, author of Constructing the Little House: Gender, Culture, and Laura Ingalls Wilder, states: "Obviously, the support of her rather unconventional aunt... was extremely important to Rose as she began to launch herself as an independent woman."[6]
On September 6, 1893, Eliza married Thomas Jefferson Thayer, a merchant of Spring Valley, Minnesota.[7] She was aged 42 at the time. Together, they had son Walcott Thayer, who was born in June 1899.
On July 1, 1904, Eliza married Maxwell "Max" Gordon, from whom she later separated.[8]
Relationship with Laura
Laura first met Eliza when the latter was 31 and the schoolteacher for De Smet. Laura did not like her as a schoolteacher, writing that she was ineffective with difficult students and mean to her sister Carrie Ingalls. Eliza lunched and "gossiped" with Nellie Oleson, whom Laura felt was spoilt and rude. Laura also felt that Eliza singled her out in class.[9] Laura coined the alliteration "Lazy, lousy, Lizy Jane" to describe her, and made attempts in the classroom to undermine her authority.[10]
Eliza and Laura had a strained relationship even into adulthood, and Laura's books written after Eliza's death were unflattering in her depiction. In Farmer Boy, Eliza is characterized as exceptionally "bossy".[11] Laura stated, "I never learned to care much for Miss Wilder. She died long ago."[6]
References
- ↑ Potter, Constance (Winter 2003). "De Smet, Dakota Territory, Little Town in the National Archives, Part 2". Vol. 35 (No. 4). Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ↑ "Eliza Jane Wilder - Biography". Laura's Prairie House. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ↑ Anderson, William T. (1991). A Wilder in the West: The Story of Eliza Jane Wilder. Anderson Publishing. ISBN 978-0961008840.
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- ↑ Hines, Stephen W. (2013). Laura Ingalls Wilder, Farm Journalist: Writings from the Ozarks. University of Missouri Press. p. 6. ISBN 9780826266156.
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- ↑ Albert, Susan Wittig. "A Wilder Rose". A Wilder Rose The Novel. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Romines, Ann (1997). Constructing the Little House: Gender, Culture, and Laura Ingalls Wilder. Univ of Massachusetts Press. p. 41. ISBN 9781558491229. Retrieved 3 September 2015. Search this book on
- ↑ Laura Ingalls Wilder. Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society. 2007. p. 32.
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- ↑ "Wilder Family History". Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Homes. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ↑ Berne, Emma Carlson (2010). Laura Ingalls Wilder: Creator of the Little House Books. ABDO Publishing Company. p. 64. ISBN 9781617852237.
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- ↑ Ketcham, Sallie (2014). Laura Ingalls Wilder: American Writer on the Prairie. Routledge. p. 65. ISBN 9781136725661.
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- ↑ Wilder, Laura Ingalls (2007). Farmer Boy. Harper Collins. p. 2. ISBN 9780060885380.
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