![]() So in 1978, she and a collaborator co-wrote the teleplay for Battered, an acclaimed television movie about spousal abuse that starred Grassle. “And that’s when I learned that this sort of abuse transcended all kinds of class, socioeconomic and religious lines.” “In Fort Worth, Texas, I was interviewed by a female investigative reporter who had done research on domestic violence,” she says. Grassle subsequently used her celebrity to help raise peoples’ consciousness about abuse against women. “So I went to Legal Aid and I wanted to know what kind of protections there were for me. Once assaulted by a man who grabbed her by the throat, Grassle acknowledges being shocked by the attack. A PROTAGONIST FOR LIFEĪgeism isn’t the only thing she’s fought against. It didn’t feel good at all.”Ī passionate advocate of the Equal Rights Amendment and other causes, Grassle subsequently penned a guest essay in that captured her frustration. ![]() “It wasn’t malicious, but its impact was. “I know his comment was intended in a good way,” she says more than one year later. In 2019, while giving the 78-year-old her boarding pass, he reportedly remarked, “There you go, young lady.” “They had guts, they had backbone and a lot of integrity, and I’m very grateful.”Īn airline ticket agent found out about Grassle’s backbone the hard way. She, in turn, credits her mother and father with having raised her right. Over the years, reviewers have credited Ma as being the glue that held the Ingalls family together she’s been widely praised for her performance as the down-to-earth Caroline. “It was always in my nature to notice that girls weren’t getting the same opportunities as boys.” THE DIFFERENCE OF A MOTHER “I was brought up to ask a lot of questions,” she explains. Grassle proudly notes that she was a feminist even as a child. “Every 10 years we get a whole new generation of girls watching it,” she says. ![]() In this, the 46th anniversary of the show debuting on NBC, the actress who played Ma Ingalls, Karen Grassle, couldn’t be more pleased that the program still resonates with female viewers. “In all those hours spent watching Ma, a small seed of feminism had been planted, taking root and ready to break the surface,” she reminisced. Author Karen Green recently observed how the character of Caroline Ingalls, the mother in Little House on the Prairie, influenced a generation of women. ![]()
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