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WIGGIN, Ke.te Douglas. An American author, whose maiden name was Smith. She was bo1•n in Philadelphia (1859), whence her family removed to Hollis, l.iaine. After grnduating froni Abbott Academy (Andover, Bass.) in 1878, she went to California, where she studied kindergarten methodp and eained success as a teacher, organizing the first free kindergartens on the Pacific coast. In 1880 she was married to s. B. \'dggin, a California lawyer. He died in 1889 and six years later she became the rrife of George c. Riggs. They lived in New York and at Hollis, Maine. "The Birds' Christmas Carol", a story published in 1888, vms the first to attr::,ct attention to Kate Doue;las V,iggin, and it continued to be very popular. lier other chief successes v,ere 11 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" (1903 nnd 11 New Chronicles of Rebecca 11 (190 1"/) and the Penelope series-- 11 A Catheclral Courtship 11 (1893); 11 Penelope 1 s bnglish Experiences:, (1893), "Penelope's Progress" (1898), 11 Penelope 1 s Experiences in Ireland" (1901), and "Penelope's Postscripts (1915). Other stories were widely read. They include 11 The Story of Patsy 11 (1889); "Timothy's Quest 11 (1890); 11 J\iarm Lisa 11 1896); 11 Dieary of a Goose Girl 11 {190~~); 11 Lothe1"' Carey's Chieckens 11 (1911); 11 The Story of Waitstill Baxter 11 (1913). With her sister Nora Archib~3.ld Smith, well knovm as a ldndergartner, she edited va1•ious books for children and v,Tote "Froebel I s Gifts" (1895); "Froebel I s Occupo.tions 11 (H396), and 11 Kindergarten Principles" ( 1896). Bov1doin College honored her with the degree of Litt.D.

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