No Gentlemen Admitted
"No gentlemen were admitted" writes Louisa May Alcott in Little Women to describe the all-female private
revue the March sisters perform. And as the novel progresses, one cannot help but wonder if this same
sentiment does indeed echo throughout the novel, as male characters are conspicuously absent while all the
pivotal parts are played by the women characters.
This gender imbalance -- in that there are more female characters than male in Little Women -- is
especially obvious when male authority figures such as Mr March and Mr Lawrence are markedly absent
for most of the novel. When they do appear, they are in need of love and care from the women. Mr
Lawrence, who is nursing a broken heart over the death of his daughter, is healed by Beth's gentle manners,
while Mr March's broken constitution is nursed back to health by his loving wife and daughters.
The only male character who appears prominently in Little Women is Laurie, who, although the richest and......
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