Background
Wiggin, Kate Douglas was born on September 28, 1859 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Robert N. and Helen E. (Dyer) Smith.
Wiggin, Kate Douglas was born on September 28, 1859 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Robert N. and Helen E. (Dyer) Smith.
Sister of Nora Archibald Smith. Graduate Abbot Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1878. Doctor of Letters, Bowdoin College, Maine, 1906.
Organized the first free kindergartens for poor children on the Pacific Coast. Author: The Birds’ Christmas Carol, 1888. The Story of Patsy, 1889.
A Summer in a Cañon, 1889. Timothy’s Quest, 1890. The Story Hour (with Nora A. Smith), 1900.
Children’s Rights (with same), 1892. A Cathedral Courtship, 1893. Penelope’s English Experiences, 1893.
Polly Oliver’s Problem, 1893. The Village Watch Tower, 1895. Froebel’s Gifts (with Nora A. Smith).
1895; Froebel’s Occupations (with same), 1896. Kindergarten Principles and Practice (with same), 1896. Nine Love Songs and a Carol, 1896.
Marm Lisa, 1896; Penelope’s Progress, 1898. Penelope’s Experiences in Ireland, 1901. The Diary of a Goose Girl, 1902.
Rebecca, 1903; The Affair at the Inn (collaboration), 1904. Rose o’ the River, 1905. New Chronicles of Rebecca, 1907.
The Old Peabody Pew, 1907. Susanna and Sue, 1909. Mother Carey’s Chickens, 1911.
The Story of Waitstill Baxter, 1913. Editor: (with Nora Archibald Smith) Golden Numbers, 1902. The Posy Ring, 1903; Pinafore Palace Poems, 1904.
The Fairy Ring, 1906. Magic Casements, 1907. Tales of Laughter, 1908.
Tales of Wonder, 1909. The Talking Beasts, 1911. Plays: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, 1908.
Mother Carey’s Chickens, 1915. The Old Peabody Pew; Bluebeard, musical fantasy, 1914. Penelope’s Postscripts, 1915.
Ladies-in-Waiting, 1918. Homespun Tales, 1920.
Married George C. Riggs, March 30, 1895.