Quote:
"At the end of the film [Kit Kittredge: An American Girl], society is remade in the image of Kit's own desire (which is also her mother's): as a benevolent matriarchy which is inclusive of racial, class, and, within limits, gender differences."
-- Sue Thornham

Source:
Thornham, Sue. What If I Had Been the Hero?: Investigating Women's Cinema. London: Palgrave Macmillan on behalf of the British Film Institute, 2012. (p.105)