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* NiceGuy: A defining feature.
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* NiceGuy: A defining feature.Refuses any pay for bringing back the wheat, and declines to buy any because he has enough supplies. He's also very thoughtful toward Laura, often bringing her gifts that will either lessen her workload, like progressively less dangerous stoves, or that he just thinks she'll like, like a swift riding pony or interesting plants and flowers.
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* ParentsAsPeople: Laura didn't sugarcoat the fact that sweet, gentle Ma was also unabridged-ly racist when it came to Native Americans.
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** Inverted with Mary, Laura won't hesitate to save her big sister either.
* BrainyBrunette: Has roan brown hair and is very adept in her studies along with having smarts for the farm and wilderness.
* BrainyBrunette: Has roan brown hair and is very adept in her studies along with having smarts for the farm and wilderness.
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* PluckyGirlPluckyGirl: Has she ever been intimidated? Yes. Does this stop her from being her boisterous and outgoing self? No.
* RealWomenHaveCurves: She is the protagonist the (mostly female) reader relates to and laments how she's pretty plump and sturdy as a "little French horse" compared to more delicate and willowy blondes like Nellie, even noting how her face is "all curves" like her body and is [[BuxomIsBetter "well-developed"]], something that Garth Williams tends to highlight in his illustrations.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: Noted to have shining, vivid, and gorgeous blue even "violet" eyes.
---> Look how Laura's eyes are shining.
---> Look how Laura's eyes are shining.
* DumbBlonde: Averted. She is as intelligent as her hair is golden.
* RegalRinglets: Perfectly curled hair and a perfectly prim and proper personality.
* BrainyBrunette: Like her Mother, Grandmother, and Great-Grandmother, she is a very studious and thoughtful pupil and does become a writer in her own right.
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* PluckyGirlPluckyGirl: The death of her father, moving across Wisconsin, new changes, moving around the wilderness, a long winter, starvation, and a loose log don't keep Ma down very long.
* BrainyBrunette: Has dark, curly hair and is a very studious pupil who becomes both a top-notch dressmaker and a determined homesteader and single mom.
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* PluckyGirlPluckyGirl: Encouraged by her mother, and passed on to her daughters, granddaughters, and great-granddaughter.
* RegalRinglets: Her curls are from her Mother, but they're more controlled and girly than her boisterous mother's ever were.
* RegalRinglets: Her curls are from her Mother, but they're more controlled and girly than her boisterous mother's ever were.
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* IllGirl: The malnutrition the family faced during ''The Long Winter'' hits Carrie a lot harder than the rest of them; she was described as 'spindly' and 'delicate' beforehand, and remains sickly long after the others have recovered. She suffers frequently from what sound like migraines, and almost faints after standing too long at the blackboard in school. She doesn't appear to have fully recovered until the ending of ''These Happy Golden Years'' -- almost four years later. (She lived to be seventy-five, so her health must have got more robust as she gold older.)
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* IllGirl: The malnutrition the family faced during ''The Long Winter'' hits Carrie a lot harder than the rest of them; she was described as 'spindly' and 'delicate' beforehand, and remains sickly long after the others have recovered. She suffers frequently from what sound like migraines, and almost faints after standing too long at the blackboard in school. She doesn't appear to have fully recovered until the ending of ''These Happy Golden Years'' -- almost four years later. (She lived to be seventy-five, so her health must and was known to have got more robust as she gold older.moved around a bit trying to find a climate to better her health.)
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* ChekhovsSkill : A meta example, in her ability to describe the things Mary can no longer see after she goes blind. Later, of course, she uses her descriptive skills to write the books.
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* TheAce : Is there anything Pa can't do?
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* OutdoorsyGal: Is increasingly frustrated as she is forced to stay inside, instead of exploring the Scottish highlands.
* HotBlooded: Martha's temper causes several...issues during the series. (Like scaring her governess out of a job).
* HotBlooded: Martha's temper causes several...issues during the series. (Like scaring her governess out of a job).
* HotBlooded: Martha's temper causes several...issues during the series. (Like scaring her governess out of a job).
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* MarryForLove: Is determined to do this even as a child. In the next series when we see her as Charlotte's mother and HappilyMarried to [[{{InterclassRomance}} Lew]] makes it clear she was successful.
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* OutdoorsyGal: Is increasingly frustrated as she is forced to stay inside, instead of exploring the Scottish highlands.
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* LadyOfAdventure: Emigrates to America in the 1800's despite having a comfortable and wealthy life in Scotland.
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* LadyOfAdventure: Emigrates to America in the 1800's 1700's despite having a comfortable and wealthy life in Scotland.Scotland.
* MarryForLove: Is determined to do this even as a child. In the next series when we see her as Charlotte's mother and HappilyMarried to [[{{InterclassRomance}} Lew]] makes it clear she was successful.
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* StarCrossedLovers: With Lew. She's the daughter of a lord, he's the local blacksmith. Historically it is established fact her parents disapproved of the match and probably a major reason they emigrated to America to get married.
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* UptownGirl: Again for Lew, as Martha is gentry and he is working class.
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* ParentsAsPeople: Laura didn't sugarcoat the fact that sweet, gentle Ma was also unabridged-ly racist when it came to Native Americans.
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* LiteralMinded: More in the sense that she dislikes metaphors and similes rather than being unable to understand them.
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---> '''Mary:''' "It really tastes a little like lemon flavoring, Laura."
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---> '''Mary:''' "It really tastes a little like lemon flavoring, Laura."
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* OnlyChildSyndrome: The sole protagonist with no siblings, which is quite a contrast to her parents-- Laura had three sisters while Almanzo had three sisters ''and'' two brothers.
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* AdventureRebuff: When Almanzo initially proposes going to find the wheat, Royal wants to be the one to go with him, but Almanzo says one of them has to survive.
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* IllGirlIllGirl: The malnutrition the family faced during ''The Long Winter'' hits Carrie a lot harder than the rest of them; she was described as 'spindly' and 'delicate' beforehand, and remains sickly long after the others have recovered. She suffers frequently from what sound like migraines, and almost faints after standing too long at the blackboard in school. She doesn't appear to have fully recovered until the ending of ''These Happy Golden Years'' -- almost four years later. (She lived to be seventy-five, so her health must have got more robust as she gold older.)
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* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: She likes playing outside with her little brother and helping with the farm chores, but when Almanzo asks if she wouldn't rather be a boy, with less restrictions on behavior, she eventually tells him no.
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* HeightAngst: Goes along with PintsizedPowerhouse below. Once she hits her teenage years, she often inwardly laments how little she is. It only gets worse when she goes to teach her first term of school: she's afraid her students won't mind her, because she's so small. As it turns out, she's right, though she manages to handle it.
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* TastesLikeDiabetes: Her teaching style... oy vey.
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* PintsizedPowerhouse: Laura was small even by the standards of her day, when people in general were shorter than they are now (she was barely five feet tall as an adult). Despite this, she's strong enough to rip the bolts out of a bench that had been fastened to the floor of her schoolhouse. She has no problem helping bring in the harvest or assisting Pa with construction on their various homes. On several occasions he calls her "strong as a little French horse."
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* TheCaretaker: When Laura and Almanzo come down with diphtheria, he's the one who comes out from town to nurse them, figuring that he's single and there's no one he can spread it to.
* TheShopkeeper: Owns a feed store in De Smet.
* ThoseTwoGuys: He and Almanzo sometimes come across as such, from Laura's point of view.
* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: Twice. First, Almanzo names a mule "Roy" after him, probably meant to be unflattering. Later, he names a colt "Royal," saying that Royal was the crown prince of his family and that this colt would be so of the Wilders' horses-- this was probably meant to be flattering.
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* CoolAunt: To Rose, as she's much more modern and forward thinking than Laura and Almanzo, who are generally content with things as they are. While Rose grew up on her mother's stories of homesteading with her family, E.J. homesteaded ''as a single woman''.
* DotingParent: To her son, Wilder Thayer, and to Rose when she lives with her during high school.
* TastesLikeDiabetes: Her teaching style... oy vey.
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* CoolBigSis: She is probably Almanzo's favorite sibling.
* TheCaretaker: When Laura and Almanzo come down with diphtheria, he's the one who comes out from town to nurse them, figuring that he's single and there's no one he can spread it to.
* TheShopkeeper: Owns a feed store in De Smet.
* ThoseTwoGuys: He and Almanzo sometimes come across as such, from Laura's point of view.
* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: Twice. First, Almanzo names a mule "Roy" after him, probably meant to be unflattering. Later, he names a colt "Royal," saying that Royal was the crown prince of his family and that this colt would be so of the Wilders' horses-- this was probably meant to be flattering.
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* CoolAunt: To Rose, as she's much more modern and forward thinking than Laura and Almanzo, who are generally content with things as they are. While Rose grew up on her mother's stories of homesteading with her family, E.J. homesteaded ''as a single woman''.
* DotingParent: To her son, Wilder Thayer, and to Rose when she lives with her during high school.
* TastesLikeDiabetes: Her teaching style... oy vey.
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* CoolBigSis: She is probably Almanzo's favorite sibling.
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* AmazonChaser: You get the implication that he likes Laura for her spirited temper and he's very indulgent of her more tomboyish tendencies. While Pa never let Laura ride or drive his horses because she might get hurt, Almanzo lets her drive all of his horses and buys her a pony explicitly just for her to ride for fun.
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* AmazonChaser: You get the implication impression that he likes Laura for her spirited temper (it seems to amuse him), and he's very indulgent of her more tomboyish tendencies. While Pa never let Laura ride or drive his horses because she might get hurt, Almanzo lets her drive all of his horses and buys her a pony explicitly just for fun. He's also respectful when she tells him she doesn't want to promise to obey him as part of their marriage vows, telling her that he'd never expect her to ride for fun.take the vow seriously even if she did say it, but agreeing to ask the preacher to leave it out anyway.
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* TextileWorkIsFeminine: Subverted: though Laura earns money working as a seamstress several times, she ''hates'' sewing.
* ProperLady: As a child and later, an adult. Laura comments on it frequently.
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** That's nothing. He continues to maintain both of his farms despite debilitating illness and suffers a ''stroke'' for it. And it ''still'' doesn't stop him from trying, even though he was historically dependent on a cane the rest of his life (which is never mentioned in the Rose books).
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!!'''Laura Ingalls Wilder'''
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The tomboy to Mary's girlygirl.
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Laura's husband and the main character of 'Farmer Boy'
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Laura's father, known for his itching foot that sent the Ingall's family pioneering across America.
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Laura's grandmother and main character of the spin off series 'The Charlotte Years' about her childhood in Boston.
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* CoolHorse: It's his horses, a pair of matched Morgans named Prince and Lady, that first catch Laura's attention. At a Fourth of July celebration in ''Little Town on the Prairie'', he enters them in a buggy race despite not having a buggy and having to make do with a much heavier cart than any of the other competitors are driving... and wins.
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* {{Schoolmarm}}: Unlike her daughter, she genuinely loved teaching, and giving it up to get married and follow Charles wherever he wandered was a difficult decision.
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* MassiveNumberedSiblings: If you can track down a late-'90s/early 2000s printing of the spin-off books, with an unabridged family tree, Charlotte had by far the most siblings of any of the protagonists, though many died young.
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!!'''Carrie Ingalls'''
Laura's little sister, known as "Baby Carrie" up until ''Plum Creek'' or so. She's too young to be Laura's playmate, but she later comes to look up to and admire Laura, while Laura appreciates her company and matter-of-fact sense.
* CoolBigSis: Views Laura as one.
* IllGirl
* ShrinkingViolet: While Laura and Mary are both rather shy, they hide it better than Carrie does.
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Laura's baby sister. Grace was only eight or so when Laura married and left home, so she never featured heavily in the books. Rose describes her as 'jolly' in ''On the Way Home'', and when she isn't acting rather spoiled, she is a lot like Laura.
* GenerationXerox: Like Laura, she was rambunctious, prone to singing, temporarily a schoolteacher, and married a farmer.
* TagalongKid: She wants to be, until her parents put their feet down.
* SpoiledBrat: Owing mainly to the fact that she's about ten years younger than her sisters.
Laura's little sister, known as "Baby Carrie" up until ''Plum Creek'' or so. She's too young to be Laura's playmate, but she later comes to look up to and admire Laura, while Laura appreciates her company and matter-of-fact sense.
* CoolBigSis: Views Laura as one.
* IllGirl
* ShrinkingViolet: While Laura and Mary are both rather shy, they hide it better than Carrie does.
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Laura's baby sister. Grace was only eight or so when Laura married and left home, so she never featured heavily in the books. Rose describes her as 'jolly' in ''On the Way Home'', and when she isn't acting rather spoiled, she is a lot like Laura.
* GenerationXerox: Like Laura, she was rambunctious, prone to singing, temporarily a schoolteacher, and married a farmer.
* TagalongKid: She wants to be, until her parents put their feet down.
* SpoiledBrat: Owing mainly to the fact that she's about ten years younger than her sisters.
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!!'''Laura Ingalls Wilder'''
The original pioneer girl and author of the first Little House Series.
* AllGirlsLikePonies: One wonders if Almanzo could have courted her at all, without his horses. Lampshaded by Ma at one point:
** "Are you sure Laura? Sometimes, I think you care more for the horses, than you do for their master."
* BigSisterInstinct: Don't bully her little sister. Just don't.
* OutdoorsyGal: Prefers working in the fields to staying inside.
* PluckyGirl
* LadyofAdventure: Has inherited her father's 'itching foot'.
* SiblingYinYang: With Mary. Laura is active and adventurous, while Mary is gentle and passive.
* SpiritedYoungLady: Spends her free time playing with the boys and driving horses as oppose to sewing and knitting.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The tomboy to Mary's girlygirl.
!!'''Almanzo Wilder'''
Laura's husband and the main character of 'Farmer Boy'
* DoggedNiceGuy: Drives forty miles in a blizzard to bring Laura home for the weekend. ''After she's said she's not interested in him''.
* TheDeterminator: Undertakes a perilous journey through the snow in order to find grain for the town.
* NiceGuy: A defining feature.
!!'''Charles Ingalls'''
Laura's father, known for his itching foot that sent the Ingall's family pioneering across America.
* TheDeterminator: Once walked 200 miles to find work to feed his starving family.
* PapaWolf: Will go to great lengths to protect his family.
!!'''Mary Ingalls'''
Laura's older sister.
* ProperLady: Always perfectly demure and well-behaved. Laura, who plays the opposing SpiritedYoungLady always feels inferior as a result.
* SiblingYinYang: With Laura. Mary is pretty and ladylike, while Laura is energetic and somewhat rowdy.
* StiffUpperLip: Scarlet Fever? Check. Blindness? Check. Emotion....
* TextileWorkIsFeminine: Accomplished seamstress and actually 'likes' it as well.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The girlygirl to Laura's tomboy.
!!'''Rose Wilder'''
Laura's daughter and main character of the spin off series 'The Rose Years'.
* ChildProdigy: Combines three years of Latin study into ''one''.
* DeterminedHomesteadersChildren:
* PluckyGirl
* TheSmartGirl
!!'''Caroline Quiner Ingalls'''
Laura's mother and main character of the spin off series 'The Caroline Years' about her childhood on the Western frontier.
* BrainyBrunette.
* BewareOfTheNiceOnes: Ma, yes Laura's sweet, gentle, Ma, outright states she hopes her daughter's future husband, will break his neck...''Ouch''
* DeterminedHomesteadersWife: Practically the trope namer.
* DeterminedHomesteadersChildren: Like her daughter she grew up on the Western Frontier.
* CountryMouse: When she visits her aunt and uncle in the city. She grows out of it though.
* PluckyGirl
* TheSmartGirl: The most intelligent of her sisters and even goes to the city to further her studies.
* SilkHidingSteel: Seems sweet as pie at first glance...then you realize she's spent her life hiking across the Wild West, facing Indians, wolves and bandits.
* ProperLady: As a child and later, an adult. Laura comments on it frequently.
!!'''Charlotte Tucker'''
Laura's grandmother and main character of the spin off series 'The Charlotte Years' about her childhood in Boston.
* DeterminedHomesteadersWife: Or just determined homesteader, as she is a ''single mother'' (on the Western frontier no less). This pushes her to become a...
* DeterminedWidow.
* PluckyGirl
* TextileWorkIsFeminine: The sole 'Little House' protaganist who enjoys sewing.
!!'''Martha Morse'''
Laura's great grandmother and main character of the spin off series 'The Martha Years' about her childhood in Scotland.
* OutdoorsyGal: Is increasingly frustrated as she is forced to stay inside, instead of exploring the Scottish highlands.
* HotBlooded: Martha's temper causes several...issues during the series. (Like scaring her governess out of a job).
* FeminineWomenCanCook: Averted. Martha is a complete TomBoy despite being an excellent cook. Ironically its her older sister ProperLady Grisie who struggles in the kitchen.
* FieryRedHead: In spades.
* LadyOfAdventure: Emigrates to America in the 1800's despite having a comfortable and wealthy life in Scotland.
* RebelliousSpirit: Martha does not appreciate being told what to do.
* SiblingYinYang: With older sister Grisie. See Tomboy and Girly Girl for more details.
* SpiritedYoungLady.
* StarCrossedLovers: With Lew. She's the daughter of a lord, he's the local blacksmith. Historically it is established fact her parents disapproved of the match and probably a major reason they emigrated to America to get married.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Tomboy to Grisie's girlygirl. Martha likes footracing and playing with the village boys. Grisie prefers to stay inside sewing.
* UptownGirl: Again for Lew, as Martha is gentry and he is working class.
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!!'''Laura Ingalls Wilder'''
The original pioneer girl and author of the first Little House Series.
* AllGirlsLikePonies: One wonders if Almanzo could have courted her at all, without his horses. Lampshaded by Ma at one point:
** "Are you sure Laura? Sometimes, I think you care more for the horses, than you do for their master."
* BigSisterInstinct: Don't bully her little sister. Just don't.
* OutdoorsyGal: Prefers working in the fields to staying inside.
* PluckyGirl
* LadyofAdventure: Has inherited her father's 'itching foot'.
* SiblingYinYang: With Mary. Laura is active and adventurous, while Mary is gentle and passive.
* SpiritedYoungLady: Spends her free time playing with the boys and driving horses as oppose to sewing and knitting.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The tomboy to Mary's girlygirl.
!!'''Almanzo Wilder'''
Laura's husband and the main character of 'Farmer Boy'
* DoggedNiceGuy: Drives forty miles in a blizzard to bring Laura home for the weekend. ''After she's said she's not interested in him''.
* TheDeterminator: Undertakes a perilous journey through the snow in order to find grain for the town.
* NiceGuy: A defining feature.
!!'''Charles Ingalls'''
Laura's father, known for his itching foot that sent the Ingall's family pioneering across America.
* TheDeterminator: Once walked 200 miles to find work to feed his starving family.
* PapaWolf: Will go to great lengths to protect his family.
!!'''Mary Ingalls'''
Laura's older sister.
* ProperLady: Always perfectly demure and well-behaved. Laura, who plays the opposing SpiritedYoungLady always feels inferior as a result.
* SiblingYinYang: With Laura. Mary is pretty and ladylike, while Laura is energetic and somewhat rowdy.
* StiffUpperLip: Scarlet Fever? Check. Blindness? Check. Emotion....
* TextileWorkIsFeminine: Accomplished seamstress and actually 'likes' it as well.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The girlygirl to Laura's tomboy.
!!'''Rose Wilder'''
Laura's daughter and main character of the spin off series 'The Rose Years'.
* ChildProdigy: Combines three years of Latin study into ''one''.
* DeterminedHomesteadersChildren:
* PluckyGirl
* TheSmartGirl
!!'''Caroline Quiner Ingalls'''
Laura's mother and main character of the spin off series 'The Caroline Years' about her childhood on the Western frontier.
* BrainyBrunette.
* BewareOfTheNiceOnes: Ma, yes Laura's sweet, gentle, Ma, outright states she hopes her daughter's future husband, will break his neck...''Ouch''
* DeterminedHomesteadersWife: Practically the trope namer.
* DeterminedHomesteadersChildren: Like her daughter she grew up on the Western Frontier.
* CountryMouse: When she visits her aunt and uncle in the city. She grows out of it though.
* PluckyGirl
* TheSmartGirl: The most intelligent of her sisters and even goes to the city to further her studies.
* SilkHidingSteel: Seems sweet as pie at first glance...then you realize she's spent her life hiking across the Wild West, facing Indians, wolves and bandits.
* ProperLady: As a child and later, an adult. Laura comments on it frequently.
!!'''Charlotte Tucker'''
Laura's grandmother and main character of the spin off series 'The Charlotte Years' about her childhood in Boston.
* DeterminedHomesteadersWife: Or just determined homesteader, as she is a ''single mother'' (on the Western frontier no less). This pushes her to become a...
* DeterminedWidow.
* PluckyGirl
* TextileWorkIsFeminine: The sole 'Little House' protaganist who enjoys sewing.
!!'''Martha Morse'''
Laura's great grandmother and main character of the spin off series 'The Martha Years' about her childhood in Scotland.
* OutdoorsyGal: Is increasingly frustrated as she is forced to stay inside, instead of exploring the Scottish highlands.
* HotBlooded: Martha's temper causes several...issues during the series. (Like scaring her governess out of a job).
* FeminineWomenCanCook: Averted. Martha is a complete TomBoy despite being an excellent cook. Ironically its her older sister ProperLady Grisie who struggles in the kitchen.
* FieryRedHead: In spades.
* LadyOfAdventure: Emigrates to America in the 1800's despite having a comfortable and wealthy life in Scotland.
* RebelliousSpirit: Martha does not appreciate being told what to do.
* SiblingYinYang: With older sister Grisie. See Tomboy and Girly Girl for more details.
* SpiritedYoungLady.
* StarCrossedLovers: With Lew. She's the daughter of a lord, he's the local blacksmith. Historically it is established fact her parents disapproved of the match and probably a major reason they emigrated to America to get married.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Tomboy to Grisie's girlygirl. Martha likes footracing and playing with the village boys. Grisie prefers to stay inside sewing.
* UptownGirl: Again for Lew, as Martha is gentry and he is working class.
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