Season 1 · Episode 2
Country Girls
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- 2 (2 overall)
- First aired
- September 18, 1974
- Network
- NBC
Who’s in it: Caroline IngallsLauraMaryHarriet OlesonNellieMiss Beadle
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Mary and Laura go to school in Walnut Grove for the first time, and their homemade dresses and farm manners make them easy targets for the shopkeeper's spoiled daughter, Nellie Oleson. Laura gets her first taste of the long rivalry ahead, and the kindly teacher, Miss Beadle, tries to help the newcomers find their footing.
Caroline has her own run-in with Harriet Oleson. Then, at the school's Parents' Day, Laura stands up and reads an essay about her family that shows everyone, Nellie included, that being a country girl is nothing to be ashamed of.
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