Jo March
Jo March is the protagonist of Louisa May Alcott's novel *Little Women* (1868), the second of four sisters growing up during the Civil War era.
Tomboyish, ambitious, and literary, Jo became an enduring symbol of female independence and creative aspiration.
She famously resists conventional femininity and dreams of becoming a writer—a path that mirrors Alcott's own life.
- Little WomenNovel about four sisters
- writerCreator of texts
- writing deskFurniture for correspondence
- tomboyGirl favoring rough play
- sistersFemale kin or nuns
Louisa May Alcott · Meg · Beth · Amy · Laurie · attic · manuscripts · ambition · independence · ink · quill · feminist · spinster · New York · New England · professor · rejection · poverty
- Fictional CharactersAlice, Oliver Twist, Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, Bilbo Baggins
- literary charactersSherlock Holmes, Scout Finch, Elizabeth Bennet, Macbeth, Huck Finn
- daughters in literatureCordelia, Jane Eyre, Elizabeth Bennet, Scout Finch, Antigone
- Louisa May AlcottLittle Women, Laurie, Jack and Jill
- Victorian fictionJane Eyre, gothic fiction, Wuthering Heights, Great Expectations, Oliver Twist
literary archetype - the unconventional heroine vs. conventional heroine
Jo MarchBeth March