Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the Little House on the Prairie Books.

She's one of the most important American children's authors of the 20th century.

Inspiration for a hit television show.

Women will come up to me crying saying,

Little House on the Prairie was my escape.

As a kid, I idolized Laura.

And last summer, I went on the road in search of the real Laura.

What I found is a complicated person alongside the complicated country she represents.

I'm Glena Smick-Nickel and this is Wilder.

Listen to Wilder on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Hi, I'm Yvonne So and I'm a full-time state-home mom of three school-age boys.

Moms are the backbone of our society and the stars of my podcast, Caching Our Trillions.

Caching Our Trillions spotlights moms.

How we sustain this one and a half trillion dollar economy of unpaid female work

and the social and structural changes needed to prioritize us.

This season, my guests include mom's first founder, Reshma Shojani.

We have to finish the fight for moms.

Springboard to Opportunities Founding CEO, Isha Yandar.

We really have been changing the ways that we talk about poverty and its own.

Michigan State Senator, Mallory McMarrow.

We need to set up a system where there can be more moms in office.

We'll discuss all things mom.

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