Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ225262
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1980
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Spirited Females of the Nineteenth Century: Liberated Mooods in "Little Women."
May, Jill P.
Children's Literature in Education, v11 n1 p10-20 Spr 1980
Discusses how the female characters in Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" represent a significant break from the typical late nineteenth-century New England housewife image, noting that they suggest that women have a right to express themselves freely in conversation, to choose roles for themselves, and to maintain their goals after marriage. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Characterization, Childrens Literature, Females, Feminism, Sex Role
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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