# Hannah Mullet — Little Women character guide

> Hannah Mullet in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** old Hannah, Hannah, Hannah Brown

**First appearance:** 0001-little-women

## Snapshot

The March family's grumpy, indispensable servant, whose hot 'muffs' warm cold hands and whose loyalty holds the household together through poverty and worry.

## Who they are

Hannah stalks in with turnovers on bleak mornings, scolds the girls for being 'the crossest family,' and never forgets the lunch that keeps them going. She is servant and second mother both, a fixture whose grumbling hides steady devotion during Mr. March's absence and Marmee's long days of war work. Her small rituals—the muffs, the ironing 'with a slap and a bang'—give the March household its texture of cheerful, hardscrabble endurance.

## In the story

### [II: A Merry Christmas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_women_se/chapters/part-i-ii-a-merry-christmas)

Helps with breakfast preparations and carries wood to the Hummels' home.

### [Letters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_women_se/chapters/part-i-xvi-letters)

Sends a practical, dialect-filled report on the girls' behavior and household economy.

### [Dark Days](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_women_se/chapters/part-i-xviii-dark-days)

Nurses Beth with the doctor, insists on not alarming Mrs. March initially, and rejoices when the fever breaks.

### [On the Shelf](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_women_se/chapters/part-ii-xxxviii-on-the-shelf)

Hired to help Meg with the children as part of the new arrangement.

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