The novel Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott, takes place during the Civil War. The time and era of the story is the 19th century. “Little Women” is a story about four young girls named Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March. They all grow to be young women during the Civil War. The novel is focuses on the girls growing up, and the death of Beth. Jo was asked to be engaged by the next door neighbor, who she turns down, then becomes Amy’s husband. The four girls struggle with having very little money, and against poverty, with their Marmee, while their Father is serving as a doctor in the war