I'm just a woman. And as a woman, I have no way to make money, not enough to earn a living and support my family. Even if I had my own money, which I don’t, it would belong to my husband the minute we were married. If we had children they would belong to him, not me. They would be his property. So don’t sit there and tell me that marriage isn’t an economic proposition, because it is.
《小妇人》作者
路易莎·梅·奥尔科特(Louisa May Alcott) (1832-1888年)是一位美国女作家。她出生在宾夕法尼亚州的日耳曼敦,但她的一生却是在靠近马萨诸塞州的康科特城度过的。她自小受当作家和教师的父亲的影响。在父亲的熏陶下,她很早就对写作产生了兴趣。为了帮助维持贫穷的家庭,路易莎在成为专业作家之前不得不靠做女佣、家庭老师和裁缝挣钱。1868年,一位出版商建议她写一部关于“女孩子的书”,她便根据孩提的记忆写成《小妇人》,大获成功。之后她又续写了《小男人》和《乔的男孩子们》,1873年又以小说形式出版了自传著作《经验的故事》。