Kate Douglas Wiggin

January 9, 2024
Children's Author

Quick Facts

Kate Douglas Wiggin
Full Name Kate Douglas Wiggin
Occupation Children's Author
Date Of Birth Sep 28, 1856(1856-09-28)
Age 168
Date Of Death 1923-08-25
Birthplace Philadelphia
Country United States
Birth City Pennsylvania
Horoscope Virgo

Kate Douglas Wiggin Biography

Name Kate Douglas Wiggin
Birthday Sep 28
Birth Year 1856
Place Of Birth Philadelphia
Home Town Pennsylvania
Birth Country United States
Birth Sign Virgo

Kate Douglas Wiggin is one of the most popular and richest Children's Author who was born on September 28, 1856 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. A famous American educator and writer She is most well- known by her most well-known children’s story, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1903). Her other novels include The Birds Christmas Carol (1887) as well as The Diary of a Goose Girl (1902).

She as well as She and Eleanor Estes both wrote children’s books. both created children’s books.

After her first spouse’s death unexpectedly in 1889, they emigrated to Maine and stayed there throughout her life. She got married to their second spouse, George Christopher Riggs, in 1895.

Kate Douglas Wiggin Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Children's Author
House Living in own house.

Kate Douglas Wiggin is one of the richest Children's Author from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kate Douglas Wiggin 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She taught as a teacher in San Francisco slums as the head teacher of California’s very first kindergarten that was free. She published her first novel, The Story of Patsy in 1883.

Despite her love for children, she didn’t have one in her family.

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Kate Ranked on the list of most popular Children's Author. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Kate Douglas Wiggin celebrates birthday on September 28 of every year.

Where was Kate Douglas Wiggin born?

Philadelphia, PA

What did Kate Douglas Wiggin write?

She continued to lecture at the training school, even after her move to New York City in 1884. To earn funds to support her kindergarten work, Wiggin turned to writing and published The Story of Patsy (1883) and The Birds’ Christmas Carol (1887).

Is there a sequel to Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm?

New Chronicles of Rebecca, a sequel to Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (A Thrushwood Book): Kate Douglas Wiggin: Books – Amazon.

How old is Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm?

11-year-old Rebecca Rowena Randall (her late father was a devotee of Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe) has been sent off to live with her two spinster aunts in Riverboro, as her widowed mother is having a difficult time making ends meet for herself and her seven children on mortgaged Sunnybrook Farm.

When was Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm published?

November 20, 1903

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