Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris (1865 - 1935)

Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris was an American teacher and author. She was born and educated in Illinois and began teaching in Minnesota when sixteen years old. In 1911 she conceived the idea for a book to record the recollections of early Minnesota settler-colonialists. With the help of twenty-two fellow members of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Lucy recorded, transcribed, and edited the "simple anecdotes" of 154 women and men who came to Minnesota during its earliest years.