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- Birth nameKate Douglas Smith
- Kate Douglas Wiggin was born on September 28, 1856 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was a writer, known for Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938), A Bit o' Heaven (1917) and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1932). She was married to George Christopher Riggs and Samuel Bradley Wiggin (lawyer). She died on August 24, 1923 in Harrow, Middlesex, England, UK.
- SpousesGeorge Christopher Riggs(March 30, 1895 - August 24, 1923) (her death)Samuel Bradley Wiggin (lawyer)(1881 - 1889) (his death)
- Pioneer in the development of kindergartens in the United States, as well as the training of kindergarten teachers.
- Father: Robert Nash Smith; Mother: Helen Elisabeth Dyre.
- [on adapting "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" for the stage] I discovered at once that playwrights are of no importance whatsoever when it comes to rehearsals. They are merely necessary evils. Why, they cut out--very courteously, I confess--my most cherished scene of pathos, and clamored for "fourteen laughs" in its place.
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