[ Home | Get Access | Plagiarism | Terms ] User Name: Password: Title: A Pioneer Of American Writing Willa Cather Words: 966 A Pioneer of American Writing Willa Cather was born in Virginia in 1873, but moved to Nebraska where the population was diverse. She attended school and also was educated at home. She planned on becoming a doctor early in life. She accompanied a local doctor on his house calls and assisted in many of the examinations. By the time she entered college this was her future. The University of Nebraska accepted her but she had to pay her tuition through writing criticism for the Nebraska State Journal. This is when her career took a change. After college Willa Cather moved to Pennsylvania where she started to write for a magazine. She also taught Latin and English in a high school. She moved again to New York where she wrote for McClure's magazine. While researching an article in ... Get the full essay and 29,000 more samples by joining PaperNerd.com You must be registered and logged in to access this essay. Click here to register, or if you are already a member you can login now.