# Little Women's Jo Vs Scarlet O'Hara **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 4, 2009, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-womens-jo-vs-scarlet-ohara/519937 "2009-12-04T02:58:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-womens-jo-vs-scarlet-ohara/519937/1 "2009-12-04T02:58:31Z")
Mrs. Plant is watching _Little Women_. I figure Scarlet O’Hara from _Gone With the Wind_ could kick any of their asses. What say you? ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-womens-jo-vs-scarlet-ohara/519937/2 "2009-12-04T03:02:26Z")
I agree. Scarlett would chew her up and spit out the remains. ---
**Author:** ![Elysium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@Elysium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysium)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-womens-jo-vs-scarlet-ohara/519937/3 "2009-12-04T03:26:35Z")
I dunno, I think Marmie could hold her own. Especially Susan Sarandon’s Marmie. ---
**Author:** ![PeskiPiksi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@PeskiPiksi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeskiPiksi)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-womens-jo-vs-scarlet-ohara/519937/4 "2009-12-04T03:36:27Z")
Scarlett, hands down. Marmee’s tough, but she wouldn’t have it in her to fight dirty. Same goes for Jo–their moral base is too strong. However, there is no low Scarlett would not sink to in order to win, I don’t think. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-womens-jo-vs-scarlet-ohara/519937/5 "2009-12-04T18:42:15Z")
Thirded. Jo’s great and has survived some adversity, but not nearly on the level that Scarlett has. I can’t see her marrying someone just for financial advantage, and she hasn’t got a bitchy bone in her body. ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-womens-jo-vs-scarlet-ohara/519937/6 "2009-12-04T18:46:34Z")
Scarlett. She’s completely ruthless when it comes to getting what she wants, it won’t matter to her if she hurts other people. The March girls are generally tough, but they’re also kind-hearted, and won’t step on someone else just to win. ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-womens-jo-vs-scarlet-ohara/519937/7 "2009-12-04T18:52:09Z")
But if you are pitting Vivian Leigh against Katharine Hepburn… no contest. Katie all the way. Or how about Katharine Hepburn as Jo vs. Winona Ryder… also no contest. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-womens-jo-vs-scarlet-ohara/519937/8 "2009-12-04T19:55:02Z")
I think a better question would be who is more long-suffering, Melanie or Beth? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-womens-jo-vs-scarlet-ohara/519937/9 "2009-12-04T20:13:32Z")
Melanie. Because Beth didn’t live long enough to see another woman try to steal her husband, lose her home, watch her husband go off to war and be taken prisoner, almost starve, almost die in childbirth, be forced into farm labor when practically an invalid, have to bury a body, put on an act as her husband is brought home with a gunshot wound from a KKK meeting, and hold her head up as rumors fly that he’s having an affair with her sister-in-law. Oh, and then actually die in childbirth. Beth has to sew sheets to make ends meet, gets a sugar-daddy neighbor to give her a piano, reads _Pilgrim’s Progress_, feeds some destitute Germans, catches scarlet fever and snuffs it. Not pleasant for her, but she has blancmange while Melly has sowbelly. Melly all the way. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-womens-jo-vs-scarlet-ohara/519937/10 "2009-12-04T20:30:45Z")
Scarlett by far- although I admit I never understood the love for _Little Women_. Scarlett is not just a mega tough bitch, but she does have a kernel of a heart buried really deep. Ok… really, really f-ing deep but it’s there. I really thought she was just a bitch when I read GWTW the first few times, but when I read it again last year, after a 5 year break or so, I really saw more of her good side than I did before. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-womens-jo-vs-scarlet-ohara/519937/11 "2009-12-04T22:10:13Z")
Jo went on to be pretty tough on Facts of Life. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-womens-jo-vs-scarlet-ohara/519937/12 "2009-12-04T22:13:37Z")
I’d say Scarlett, until or unless you go after Jo’s family. Then all bets are off. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-womens-jo-vs-scarlet-ohara/519937/13 "2009-12-04T22:15:45Z")
> [@thirdwarning](#): > > I’d say Scarlett, until or unless you go after Jo’s family. Then all bets are off. Possibly, although I’d say at least 75% of Scarlett’s attitude comes from the fact that she is the only one even trying to keep her family afloat. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-womens-jo-vs-scarlet-ohara/519937/14 "2009-12-04T22:17:21Z")
For Marmee vs. Mammy, Mammy would mop the floor with her even though she’s not a maid. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-womens-jo-vs-scarlet-ohara/519937/15 "2009-12-04T22:21:27Z")
Scarlet the harlot will always beat a Jo. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-womens-jo-vs-scarlet-ohara/519937/16 "2009-12-04T23:08:50Z")
How would any of them do against zombies? ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-womens-jo-vs-scarlet-ohara/519937/17 "2009-12-04T23:44:13Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > Thirded. Jo’s great and has survived some adversity, but not nearly on the level that Scarlett has. I can’t see her marrying someone just for financial advantage, and she hasn’t got a bitchy bone in her body. Her little sister Amy sure did, though. Amy turned out okay thanks in large part to her good family, but I think she could definitely get in touch with her inner bitch if she had to. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-womens-jo-vs-scarlet-ohara/519937/18 "2009-12-05T00:00:56Z")
i agree, i think amy could take on scarlett. they are a bit closer in temperment. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-womens-jo-vs-scarlet-ohara/519937/19 "2009-12-05T02:13:53Z")
Amy was spoiled, but she grew out of it. Scarlett could take them on all at once, especially if they tried to take Tara. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-womens-jo-vs-scarlet-ohara/519937/20 "2009-12-05T02:18:22Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > How would any of them do against zombies? Rhett would sit there all night and shoot them if they came back. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-womens-jo-vs-scarlet-ohara/519937.md?page=2)