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After reading Little Women some women felt the need to “ acquire new and more public identities ”— which of course was also dependent on other factors like financial resources.

While Little Women showed normal American middle class lives of girls, it also “ legitimized ” their dreams to do something different and allowed them to consider the possibilities.

More young women started writing stories that had adventurous plots and “ stories of individual achievement — traditionally coded male — challenged women ’ s socialization into domesticity .”.

“ Little Women also influenced immigrants to the United States who wanted to assimilate into middle class culture.