Give me a quote from Little women that fully defines that because men were not around during the civil war and winter so the women were left home alone

Answer 1

“…because women…love and labor quietly in obscure places, and because their lives are spent in unconcerned and summary action. Like men caught in a flood they had no hand in creating, they must keep their eyes on the horizon, struggling to swim.” - Louisa May Alcott, Little Women