What jobs did Laura Ingalls Wilder have?

Answer 1

Charles Ingalls, like most pioneer men of his time, was essentially a jack-of-all-trades. His "learned" profession was "carpenter" - and he was a good one - but at some time in his life, he was all of the following (and these are just the jobs we know for sure about!): Justice of the Peace, Town Clerk, Butcher, Railroad Timekeeper, Hotel Manager, Store Clerk and Insurance Salesman!

Answer 2

Charles Ingalls listed his occupation in various censuses as "Farmer" or "Carpenter", usually the latter. But at one time or another, he was also a Justice of the Peace, Butcher, Clerk, Insurance salesman, hotel manager, and railroad timekeeper, among others.

Answer 3

Charles Ingalls generally listed his trade occupation as "Carpenter", and for the middle third of his life, his actual primary occupation was "farmer", but at one time or another he also held these jobs: Clerk, Insurance salesman, Justice of the Peace, Timekeeper, Foreman, Meat cutter, and a handful of others.

Answer 4

Laura Ingalls Wilder was a teacher when she was a teenager. She quit, (legally at that time, she had to quit, as married women could not be teachers), just before she married. Years later she became a writer when she published Little House in the Big Woods when she was sixty five in 1932.

Answer 5

She was a writer she is who Little House on the Prairie is based on

Answer 6

Laura Ingalls Wilder was a teacher, a farmer, and a writer. She was best known for her "Little House" series of books which detailed her life growing up on the American frontier.

Answer 7

Charles Ingalls