How Jo March Became a Girlboss

Every generation gets the ‘Little Women’ it deserves, and Greta Gerwig’s film tells the story of a hungry young creative hustling to the top

Madeline Leung Coleman
GEN
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9 min readDec 25, 2019

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Photo: Wilson Webb/2019 CTMG, Inc.

OfOf all the female characters in American fiction, there’s one who keeps reappearing, a type writers obviously favor. You know her well: It’s the girl with the opinions, the messy…

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Madeline Leung Coleman
GEN
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I’m a writer and editor based in New York City.