March sisters

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The March sisters are the four close-knit, spirited daughters of the March family whose coming-of-age experiences form the heart of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel "Little Women."

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
March sisters canonical 6
the March sisters 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character group ⓘ
sibling group ⓘ
ageOrder Amy March is the youngest ⓘ
linked to: Amy March

Beth March is the third ⓘ
linked to: Beth March

Jo March is the second eldest ⓘ
linked to: Jo March

Meg March is the eldest ⓘ
linked to: Meg March
appearsIn Good Wives ⓘ
Jo's Boys ⓘ
Little Men ⓘ
Little Women ⓘ
basedOn Alcott sisters ⓘ
linked to: Alcott family
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
createdBy Louisa May Alcott ⓘ
culturalImpact iconic representation of 19th-century American girlhood ⓘ
influential models of literary heroines ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Little Women universe ⓘ
linked to: Little Women series
firstAppearance Little Women (1868–1869) ⓘ
linked to: Little Women
genre coming-of-age fiction ⓘ
domestic fiction ⓘ
hasMember Amy March ⓘ
Beth March ⓘ
Jo March ⓘ
Meg March ⓘ
hasRealWorldCounterpart Abigail May Alcott Nieriker ⓘ
linked to: Abigail May Alcott

Anna Alcott Pratt ⓘ
linked to: Anna Bronson Alcott

Elizabeth Sewall Alcott ⓘ
Louisa May Alcott ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
notableCharacteristic close-knit relationship ⓘ
individualized personalities ⓘ
moral earnestness ⓘ
partOf March family ⓘ
portrayedInAdaptation 1933 film adaptation of Little Women ⓘ
1949 film adaptation of Little Women ⓘ
1994 film adaptation of Little Women ⓘ
2019 film adaptation of Little Women ⓘ
various stage adaptations of Little Women ⓘ
various television adaptations of Little Women ⓘ
setting Concord, Massachusetts (fictionalized as Orchard House area) ⓘ
theme family loyalty ⓘ
female independence ⓘ
gender roles ⓘ
moral development ⓘ
sisterhood ⓘ
timePeriod American Civil War era ⓘ
linked to: American Civil War

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Laurie → neighborOf → March sisters ⓘ
subject linked to: Laurie (Theodore Laurence)
Aunt March → testsCharacterOf → March sisters ⓘ
Our Finest Dreams → workSubject → March sisters ⓘ
Mr. James Laurence → showsKindnessTo → the March sisters ⓘ
linked to: March sisters