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Year Inducted: 1984
Home State: MO, CA, CT
The daughter of Laura Wilder, Rose was a gifted child academically. She left home at 17 to work for Western Union, then began a successful, but short-lived real estate career. Rose began her writing career as a feature writer for the San Francisco Bulletin. Leaving that job to work for the Red Cross, Rose traveled the world and wrote of her adventures, gaining national attention. She served as mentor and patron of her mother's works.
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