When Alcott (1832-88) wrote Little Women, she only did so as her publisher refused to publish her father's book otherwise and as she hoped it would make money. It made Alcott's fortune.

4. The novel is influenced by the American Civil War The Civil War ran from 1861 to 1865, immediately before Little Women was written. In the book it’s only spoken about peripherally but ...

The professionals on Variety’s Women’s Impact Report navigated Hollywood’s turbulent 2023 only to find more rocky roads in 2024. Layoffs, a production downturn and other woes dogged the ...

For the fourth straight year, Forbes is ranking the World’s Top Companies For Women, an evaluation of organizations based on how they support their female employees and advance causes that are ...

This is now a real possibility due to voters’ positively evolving stereotypes of women politicians. Stereotypes have long hindered female candidates, casting them as emotional, weak and sensitive.

The first game of women's hockey on record in Maine took place in 1933 at a winter carnival. Since then the game has continued to grow, and got a major boost from Colby College. Women's hockey ...

“Our Little Secret” sees Lohan and Ian Harding (“Pretty Little Liars”) play two resentful exes who are forced to spend Christmas under the same roof after discovering that their current ...

UA students will put on a showing of “Little Women” Nov. 3-5 at Bama Theatre. The production, directed by senior theatre major Trint Bown, is completely student-led. “Last semester, I did a show that ...

However, she noted that another trend appears to be that there is little sustained experience in electing female leaders, as "there are very few places that after they elect women, tend to keep ...

Despite great strides made by the international women’s rights movement over many years, women and girls around the world are still married as children or trafficked into forced labor and sex ...

Hampton started against her predecessor, Berger, in the opposite goal. Hampton could do little about Gwinn’s well-taken penalty in the fourth minute or the arrowed dart seven minutes later ...

Tuesday's friendly against South Africa offers a chance for the England boss to properly experiment with the in-form Women's Super League stars who are desperate for a seat on the plane next summer.