A sarcastic take from Vox Day:
“Fresh take = Pa is going to be an escaped slave, Ma is going to be a strong, independent Jewish feminist, Mary will be crippled by polio because she didn’t get vaccinated, and Laura and Nellie will have an ambiguously lesbian relationship.”
Maybe not so far from the truth.
Nah, just make her go blind from scarlet fever or viral meningoencephalitis. Oh, wait ...