tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post200193838824007032..comments2023-12-31T20:43:08.499-05:00Comments on THE STILETTO GANG: Literary MomsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-50320978240335138192014-05-08T16:42:00.570-04:002014-05-08T16:42:00.570-04:00Marmee: "Feminine weaknesses and fainting spe...Marmee: "Feminine weaknesses and fainting spells are the direct result of our confining young girls to the house, bent over their needlework, and restrictive corsets."<br /><br />Marmee was what the four March sisters called their mother in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.<br />An ideal mother, so perfect as to defy belief. Still, she was so comforting and very ahead of her time in her views on feminine possibilities. <br /><br />I enjoyed Mrs. Bennet but couldn't say she was a favorite.<br />Strangely, when I thought about how to answer this Q, I had a hard time.<br />Not a lot of literary mothers popped to mind, not good ones anyway. Lots of nasty ones abound...and stick in my memory. kkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02296326994943617709noreply@blogger.com