![]() ![]() While living in the town, Willa met Annie Sadilek, whom she later used for the Antonia character in her novel My Antonia. Her mother was a vain woman, mostly concerned with fashion and trying to turn Willa into "a lady," in spite of the fact that Willa defied the norms for girls and cut her hair short and wore trousers. The family never became rich or influential, and Willa attributed their lack of financial success to her father, whom she claimed placed intellectual and spiritual matters over the commercial. A year later they moved to Red Cloud, a nearby railroad town, where her father opened a loan and insurance office. ![]() At the time her family included Willa's two brothers, a sister, and her grandmother. In 1883, the Cather family moved to join Willa's grandparents, William and Caroline, and her uncle, George, in Webster County, Nebraska. ![]() The family came to Pennsylvania from Ireland in the 1750's. She was the eldest child of Charles Cather, a deputy sheriff, and Mary Virginia Boak Cather. Willa Cather was born on Decemin Back Creek Valley, Virginia, a small farming community close to the Blue Ridge Mountains. ![]()
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