The Little Women Book Club Inc. is a federal tax exempt organization that was established in 1999 at the Gaston Park Library in South Memphis. The book club was designed as a social club with the theme of literacy for girls ages 10-17. The clubs’ mission is to give pre-teen and teen girls a literacy-based social outlet, particularly youth from high risk groups: •Homes headed by single-parents •Homes where one or both the parents are incarcerated Girls from these groups, as state studies have found are at the greatest risk for teen pregnancy rates and higher drop-out and retention rates.