She once confesses to Jo that her temper is as volatile as Jo's, but that she has learned to control it. She engages in charitable works and attempts to guide her girls' morals and to shape their characters, usually through experiments. The girls' mother and head of household while her husband is away. Her daughter appears to have similarities with Beth, as she is very ill. Later, Amy gives birth to daughter Elizabeth ('Beth' or 'Bess'), named after her deceased sister. There she meets up with Laurie, and shortly after Beth dies, they marry. Aunt March grows fond of her, and makes the suggestion that Aunt Carroll take Amy with her to Europe. When Beth is ill with scarlet fever, Amy is sent to stay with Aunt March as a safety precaution. Realizing she might have lost her sister, Jo's anger dissolves and the two become closer. Under Jo's horrified stare, Amy falls through the ice, and is rescued by Laurie's prompt intervention. When Laurie and Jo go skating, Amy tags along after them, but she arrives at the lake too late to hear Laurie's warning about thinning ice.

Jo refuses to forgive her, which dismays Amy, who tries to follow her around. Angered about an argument with Jo, she burns Jo's notebook, which includes all her plays and stories, in the fireplace. Her relationship with Jo is sometimes strained. Often 'petted' because she is the youngest, she can behave in a vain and spoiled way, and throws tantrums when she is unhappy. She is described by the author as a 'regular snow-maiden' with curly golden hair and blue eyes, 'pale and slender' and 'always carrying herself' like a very proper young lady. The youngest sister-age twelve when the story begins-Amy is interested in art. Beth's dying has a strong impact on her sisters, especially Jo, who resolves to live her life with more consideration and care for others. But eventually even that becomes too much for her, and she puts down her sewing needle, saying that it grew 'so heavy'. She is never idle she even knits and sews things for the children that pass under her window on the way to and from school. They make a special room for her, filled with all the things she loves best: her kittens, piano, father's books, Amy's sketches, and her beloved dolls. Finally, the family accepts that Beth will not live much longer. Though she recovers, her health is permanently weakened.Р”Р„s she grows, Beth begins to realize that her time with her loved ones is coming to an end. She's especially close to Jo, and when Beth develops scarlet fever it's Jo who does most of the nursing, rarely leaving her side. As her sisters grow up they begin to leave home, but Beth has no desire to leave her house or family. РІР‚СљThey decide to share lifeРІР‚в„ўs burdens just as they shared the load of bundles on their shopping expedition.РІР‚СњР”В«eth, thirteen when the story starts, is described as shy, gentle and musical. While pursuing a literary career in New York City, she met and began to love Friedrich Bhaer, a German professor, as an equal partner. She initially rejects the idea of marriage and romance, feeling that it would break up her family and separate her from the sisters she adores. She composes plays for her sisters to perform and writes short stories. Jo loves literature, both reading and writing. Jo has a hot temper which often leads her into trouble in spite of her good intentions, but with the help of her own sense of humor, her sister Beth, and her mother she works on controlling it. They were not only tolerated, but even admired - up to a point, the point at which girls were expected to become women.РІР‚Сњ Tomboys first became a major literary type in the 1860s. The tomboy embodied in Jo March РІР‚Сљspoke to changing standards of girlhood. She is as clumsy, blunt, opinionated, and jolly. The second-oldest of four sisters, Josephine March is a tomboy Robert March has referred to her as his 'son Jo' in the past, and her best friend Laurie sometimes calls her 'my dear fellow.' When her father went to volunteer in the Civil War, Jo wanted to fight alongside him. They had twins, Daisy and Demi (short for Demi-John). Though the March family is poor, their background is what was called 'genteel', and Meg attended some society balls and parties. Meg is employed as a governess for the Kings, a wealthy local family. This includes trying to keep her sisters from arguing, and they sometimes accuse her of lecturing them too much.

As the oldest, Meg runs the household when her mother is absent. She is referred to as a beauty, and is well-mannered. Sixteen at the opening of the book, Meg is the oldest sister.

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