The Ingalls only had to pay for Mary's books, clothes, spending money, and trainfare to and from school. Since they were saving the cost of her food, they wouldn't have been spending significantly more on her than on their other daughters.
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Laura also represented herself as feeling responsible for her family, i.e., she hates even the idea of teaching school, but feels she must to keep Mary in school.
Later in life when she was a celebrated author, her sisters and their husbands were on relief, and she never helped them financially.
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Later in life when she was a celebrated author, her sisters and their husbands were on relief, and she never helped them financially.