One of Ours

A Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Willa Cather's work was profoundly influenced by her upbringing in rural Nebraska. During her young adulthood, Cather proved herself intelligent and capable, initially training for a career as a medical doctor, but discovered a love of and talent for writing while attending the University of Nebraska. Following graduation, Cather worked as a journalist for several women's magazines before becoming a high school teacher. A work experience as an editor at McClure's provided Cather with her first chance to publish as the magazine serialised her first novel. Cather died in 1947 at the age of seventy-three.