Amy March: Well, I believe we have some power over who we love, it isn't something that just happens to a person. Theodore 'Laurie' Laurence: I think the poets might disagree. Amy March: Well. I'm not a poet, I'm just a woman. And as a woman I have no way to make money, not enough to earn a living and support my family. Even if I had my own money, which I don't, it would belong to my husband the minute we were married. If we had children they would belong to him, not me. They would be his property. So don't sit there and tell me that marriage isn't an economic proposition, because it is. It may not be for you but it most certainly is for me.
Little Women (2019) - Marriage Is an Economic Proposition Scene (3/10) | Movieclips