Aunt Jane's Nieces on the Ranch
 Aunt Jane's Nieces on the Ranch is a 1913 novel by L. Frank Baum writing as Edith Van Dyne. The novel depicts a story of racial tension on the California ranch owned by the progressive-minded Arthur Weldon and Louise Merrick Weldon who have entrusted their baby Jane nicknamed Toodlums to a Mexican governess named Inez.Louise's uncle John Merrick is not pleased with her choice and brings Mildred Travers a white nurse from New York to serve as governess.