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Feb 3, 2016 · Mary, Laura’s sister, went blind as a teenager after contracting scarlet fever, according to the story. Recently, a team of medical researchers raised the question about whether that’s true ...
Feb 4, 2013 · Mary Ingalls did indeed lose her sight when she was 14, in 1879. Here's the line from the "Little House" novel "By the Shores of Silver Lake": "Mary and Carrie and baby Grace and Ma all had ...
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She’s the eldest of the Ingalls girls. Although she’s smart and beautiful, Mary doesn’t have it easy. On the television series, Little House on the Prairie, Mary Ingalls falls deathly ill in a two-part episode, needing surgery (“To Live With Fear.”) As she got older, this character had dreams of becoming a teacher. After studying for hours by candl...
In real life, Mary Ingalls went blind at the age of 14, her parents then sending her to the Iowa School for the Blind. The character’s blindness was somewhat delayed in the television series, according to one website, “for fear it would limit storyline options.” Even the reason behind Mary Ingall’s blindness might’ve been altered in different telli...
Similar to the television series, in the Little House on the Prairienovel, the author tweaks Mary Ingall’s illness, making it scarlet fever. This change could be because of the common illnesses of the time period. According to CNN, “it could be because Wilder and her editors thought scarlet fever would be more relatable to her readers. Scarlet feve...
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Grace Ingalls (sister) Rose Wilder Lane (niece) Almanzo Wilder (brother-in-law) Mary Amelia Ingalls (January 10, 1865 – October 20, 1928) was born near the town of Pepin, Wisconsin. She was the first child of Caroline and Charles Ingalls and older sister of writer Laura Ingalls Wilder, known for her Little House book series.
Feb 5, 2013 · And a registry at an Iowa college for blind students that Mary attended says "brain fever" caused her to lose her eyesight, the researchers said. They found no mention that Mary Ingalls had a red ...
Feb 17, 2022 · Mary Ingalls, Caroline's and Charles' eldest child, experienced a serious setback in her story relatively early, when a disease took her sight at the age of 14. Laura blamed scarlet fever, according to the Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind. It seemed like a cruel twist for Mary, who had been a hardworking, virtuous daughter.
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Feb 7, 2013 · Published in the 1930s and 1940s and written by Laura Ingalls Wilder, the books tell the true story of childhood on the American frontier — making maple syrup, birthing calves, weathering the scourge of disease. One particularly memorable segment recounts the terrible disease that claimed the eyesight of the author’s 14-year-old sister ...
