Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch is a 1901 novel by American author Alice Hegan Rice, about a southern family humorously coping with poverty.

The early editions of the book carry the author's birth name, Alice Caldwell Hegan.

[1] The book is set in a white turn-of-the-century urban slum, with two somewhat wealthy individuals wanting to help the inhabitants.

[2] In 1903 the book was combined with Lovey Mary for a play which premiered on Broadway at the Savoy Theatre in September 1904.

Helen Lowell who appeared in the cast was able to tour to Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and across America for the next seven years playing Miss Hazy "in the Cabbage Patch".