Ep. 1221 Laura Ingalls Wilder, Erased by Library Association, Deserves Her Place in Literary History
The Tom Woods Show
Tom Woods
4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2018
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Dedra Birzer of Hillsdale College joins me to discuss the works and views of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her daughter Rose Wilder Lane, who was an important libertarian writer in her own right. Wilder recently had her name removed from an important children's literature award by the American Library Association, so we begin with a discussion of that.
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| 0:00.0 | The Tom Woods Show, episode 1221. |
| 0:03.3 | Prepare to set fire to the index card of allowable opinion. |
| 0:07.9 | Your daily dose of liberty education starts here, the Tom Woods Show. |
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| 0:38.1 | Deidre Berzer is our guest today. |
| 0:40.3 | She is a lecturer in history at Hillsdale College, |
| 0:43.4 | and she is under contract for a book on Rose Wilder Lane |
| 0:46.9 | and her cohort of public intellectual women. |
| 0:50.6 | Rose Wilder Lane was the daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder, |
| 0:53.5 | and we're going to be talking about both of those women today. |
| 0:57.0 | And as a matter of fact, Deidre has not too long ago completed a course for me at Libertyclassroom.com called Little Houses of Liberty, Laura Ingalls Wilder's literary genius. |
| 1:10.7 | And people really love it. It's terrific. |
| 1:13.0 | And I thought it would also make a good topic of conversation here on the show, especially with a |
| 1:18.0 | little bit of controversy that arose a few months ago, let's say, on the general subject of |
| 1:24.3 | Laura Ingalls Wilder. So let's get all that out there on the table. |
| 1:28.0 | Deidre, welcome to the show. |
| 1:29.5 | Thanks, Tom. |
| 1:30.4 | So pleased about your new course with Liberty Classroom and everybody loves the subject matter. |
| 1:35.7 | And it's a bit of a departure for us. |
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