Louisa May Alcott is My Passion
Begun in 2010, this blog offers analysis and reflection by Susan Bailey on the life, works and legacy of Louisa May Alcott and her family. Susan is an active member and supporter of the Louisa May Alcott Society, the Fruitlands Museum and Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House.
I acknowledge thatĀ Work: A Story of Experience is an important feminist work (see previous post). It was groundbreaking in that respect and makes it a relevant book for today in understanding the condition of single working women in the nineteen century. Work would be an especially valuable read for women of the Millennial generation who …
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This blog has led me places I never thought I would go! One of those places was Norwalk Community College in Norwalk, CT where I donned a hat I have not worn since a year after I graduated from college with a BS in Elementary Education: the hat of a teacher. A longtime reader of …
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āā¦Work is an expression of Alcottās feminist principles and a major effort toward synthesizing in popular, readable form the broad set of beliefs encompassing family, education, suffrage, labor and the moral reform of social life that defined feminist ideology in the nineteenth century.ā (pg. 191 from Critical Essays on Louisa May Alcott edited by Madeleine …
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Several months ago I started reading Work: A Story of Experience, one of Louisaās few adult novels. The story, like Little Women, is a thinly disguised, romanticized yet gritty autobiography coupled with wishes Louisa might have had regarding the course of her life. First, my impressions In this first of three planned posts on this …
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Sometime ago I was contacted by Charline Bourdin who blogs about Louisa May Alcott in France. She recently authored a book on Louisa's life, published by Devin Editions. Titled Louisa May Alcott Ou la vĆ©ritable histoire de Josephine March, this is the first official biography of Louisa in French. Charline Bourdin was born in Rouen, …
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Just had to pass along to you that the Fruitlands Museum official Facebook site is carrying a link to my post about the unknown players of Fruitlands! You can visit the Fruitlands Museum Facebook site at https://www.facebook.com/Fruitlands?ref=ts&fref=ts.Ā They are very active on this page and the museum has many wonderful activities year round (including a …
This made me so sad. Such a loss for the owner and all fans of Louisa May Alcott. From SouthCoastToday.com: By ARIEL WITTENBERG awittenberg@s-t.com January 27, 2013 12:00 AM DARTMOUTH ā A Nonquitt home once owned by "Little Women" author Louisa May Alcott was ravaged by fire early Saturday Morning. Deputy Fire Chief John Judson …
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Aniko Eva, a contributor to Open Salon, was kind enough to reblog my previous post on the unknown members of the Fruitlands community. I, in turn, am happy to reblog her excellent post on Transcendental Wild Oats, Louisa's satirical response to her experience at Fruitlands. Sometimes the only thing you can do in the midst …
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What was it like to live at Fruitlands? Serious Alcott biographers have devoted much ink to the familyās experience during this six-month utopian experiment. Sometimes thoughtful, often absurd and always dramatic, Fruitlands is credited with both the shaping of the famous daughter, and a change in the power structure of the Alcott marriage and family …
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Louisa May Alcott is My Passion 