- Born: January 11, 1870
- Birthplace: Shelbyville, KY
- Died: February 10, 1942
Alice Hegan Rice's first, and most famous, book was Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, published in 1901. When she was 16 years old, Rice worked as an aide at a mission Sunday school in a slum of Louisville, KY, called Cabbage Patch. She met a woman there whom she later immortalized as the heroine Mrs. Wiggs, eternally optimistic, no matter how dire her straits. Some 25 years later, Rice co-founded the Cabbage Patch Settlement House in Louisville. Her book was translated into many languages, and both stage and film versions were produced.
Other books Rice wrote include Lovely Mary, Sandy, Calvary Alley, The Honorable Percival and A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill. Her autobiography, The Inky Way, was published in 1940.
Most Famous Works
- Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1901)
- Lovely Mary (1903)
- Sandy (1905)
- A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill (1912)
