Who am I?

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...farmer's daughter, although my father held other jobs in his life. At different times he managed a hotel, worked as a carpenter and a butcher, and managed a railroad.

...sister to four siblings, three sisters and a brother who died as an infant.

...wife to a farmer for 64 years until his death at the age of 92. Together we had two children. Our daughter became a novelist and political theorist. Our son died soon after birth.

During my life I have held jobs as a teacher, seamstress, newspaper editor, loan officer, and farmer. My husband and I tried wheat farming, but later had more success with a dairy & poultry farm. However, I am most famous for writing a series of semi-autobiographical historical fiction books.

I lived to be 90 years old.
 
A Welsh Norewegian, I had a rough childhood. I have worked in the oil industry, flown for the air force, and did a bit of writing. I have had two wives and 5 kids, one of who I lost to measles before she was ten. Despite a long life and having travelled the world, I died less than 150 miles from where I was born. Who am I?
 
I am pretty sure I know who it is, but I am hoping that someone else will do the same google searches I have done to figure it out!

A couple of this author's children's books I really enjoy, most I can't stand.
Kimberly
 
Yes, I am a google cheat! (Although I asked and I was told that googling was not cheating, if it is I won't do it anymore). These are making me use my thinking skills a bit more than being an at home mom to toddlers, so I am enjoying figuring them out. But I also waited (very patiently for me, I might add!) before posting the answer.

Someone please confirm to whether googling is cheating or not.

And someone else can take my turn.

Kimberly
 
Thanks. I will try to be patient so that other people can figure it out, but when this one got to the second page with no guesses...well, I wasn't so patient anymore.

Someone else can still take my turn.
 
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