Spotlight on Iowa's Sarah Sue Uthoff

It all started a long time ago in a little white house made of boards that I discovered Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books. Before anyone knew what was happening, I was “playing Laura,” visiting the Laura sites, and learning how to do the things Laura did around her family farm. In the words of my cousin, “Laura took over her life and everybody’s who knew her.”

When I grew up, I got my degree in history education, got actively involved with living history and historic foodways, and began to research the history around Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Sarah Sue

These previous paragraphs come from the web site of Sarah Sue Uthoff. Sarah Sue's research of Laura Ingalls Wilder is enough to get excited about, but there is so much more.

If there is such a thing as a researcher's researcher, Sarah Sue is just that. A visit to her web site and blog is a history lesson on Laura Ingalls Wilder, Iowa history, historic cookbooks, one room schools and more than I can discuss on a blog. Sarah Sue's LIW presentations are the icing on the cake. She shares her knowledge with anyone who cares to read her blog and web site and to me that is a trait a true LIW inspired researcher.

Sarah Sue as Laura

Read Sarah Sue's blog here and her web site here. Be warned, you will be there for quite a while

Thanks Sarah Sue!