Joan's Defender

1916
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Joan's Defender
B-

Young Joan is saved from her bullying brother and neglectful parents for a couple years, during which she stays with her awesome uncle and his awesome family.  He cuts her too long hair, teaches her jiu-jitsu, and generally lets her reach her potential.   She returns home and kicks her brother's butt.  I don't get why she couldn't have stayed at the ranch, but whatever.  A reasonably happy ending, even if her nuclear family still sucks.  (It's like if Harry Potter went to Hogwarts for a couple years and then had to stay with the Dursleys for the rest of his adolescence.)