Charlotte Frances Wilder | |
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| Born | Charlotte Frances Felt December 12, 1839 Templeton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | December 3, 1916 (aged 76) Manhattan, Kansas, U.S. |
| Resting place | Sunset Cemetery, Manhattan, Kansas |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Subject | Methodism |
| Spouse |
George Carter Wilder
(m. 1861) |
Charlotte Frances Wilder (December 12, 1839 - December 3, 1916) was an American writer. She was one of the most widely known writers of Kansas, and the author of many religious books, including for juvenile audiences, and a contributor to church papers and magazines. Her works -included in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris- were "entitled to go down to posterity, her life-work preserved as information for future generations".[1]
In 1867, Wilder and her husband set up their home in Manhattan, Kansas -Kansas being the new anti-slavery state- and Manhattan came to be known as "Mrs. Wilder's Home". Here, for half a century, she was a factor in church and state; in every civic reform, she was a leader. She was a member and officer of many clubs and societies, local, state and interstate; missionary, civic, philanthropic and literary. At her death, she was vice-president of the State Federation of Clubs. Her contributions to the Methodist press included the Central Christian Advocate, Epworth Herald, Zion's Herald, and the Methodist Review. She was the author of "The Land of the Rising Sun" (1877) and "Sister Ridenour's Sacrifice" (1883).[2]