In 2024, The Little House On The Prairie celebrated the 50th anniversary of its first episode. Part of the cast of the series met at the Monte Carlo Television Festival this weekend. The opportunity for Karen Grassle aka Caroline Ingalls to talk about one of her favorite episodes, inspired by a true story.
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Despite its 50 years, it remains a cult series and still popular in France and around the world. On March 30, 1974, Americans met the Ingalls family with the first episode of The Little House On The Prairie. Charles and Caroline, the parents, left Wisconsin with their three daughters, Mary, Laura and Carrie, and settled on the prairies of Kansas. With nine seasons and more than 200 episodes, this series has accompanied an entire generation of viewers and is now being passed on to younger people. Since 50 years are worth celebrating, the Monte Carlo Television Festival has a nice surprise in store for fans: the arrival of six fictional actors. Among them, Karen Grassleunforgettable Caroline Ingalls, who revealed the episode that touched her the most.
Karen Grassle is the originator of this episode of The Little House On The Prairie
If the very first episode holds a special place in Karen Grassle’s heart, another is just as important to her. This is episode 12 of season 7, titled The Olesons. In this last, Walnut Grove women protest to change law that states that upon marriage, a woman’s property goes to her husband. An important plot as explained by Karen Grassle during a “Behind the scenes” event with fans of the series this Saturday, June 15. She was actually the one who came up with this idea, which was adapted from a real affair that took place at the time. “With a friend, we developed this plot which talks about women who defend their rights. At that time, I fought for equal rights between the sexeswhich we still don’t have in the United States.” confided the interpreter of Caroline Ingalls.
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The Little House On The Prairie : a feminist episode inspired by a true story
Integrate this story into The Little House On The Prairie thus made it possible to “spread this message to as many people as possible“.”This episode is based on a true story about women who shared their property with their husbands. Mr. and Mrs. Oleson are fighting over this because she thinks she owns property but she doesn’t. And he didn’t want to give her that right, seeing as he had the power for once!” remembered the 82-year-old actress. “In the episode, we strike and we party. It was so funny. This is the only time that Harriet Oleson (played by Katherine MacGregor editor’s note) and I were able to be friends and we had fun.” says Karen Grassle.
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