In her new biography of the fiercely independent author of “Little Women,” screenwriter Harriet Reisen draws an engrossing portrait of Louisa May Alcott’s life that will appeal to the legions of women ...

One-hundred-and-fifty years ago, in a house in Concord, Massachusetts, Louisa May Alcott wrote one of the most beloved books in American literature, "I don't remember ever not knowing what 'Little ...

Alcott moved to the District in 1861 to volunteer as a nurse at the Union Hospital in Georgetown. She cared for the wounded, read to them and penned their letters, sometimes finishing them after her ...

New Englander Eve LaPlante’s genealogy has propelled her into becoming the biographer of some remarkable characters in America’s colonial past, including Puritan renegade Anne Hutchinson and Samuel ...

This video, promoting a PBS biopic that ties into the recent biography “Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind ‘Little Women,’ ” by Harriet Reisen, is called “Five Things You Don’t Know About Louisa May ...

When Louisa May Alcott died, The New York Times duly noted the passing of the highest-paid writer of the era. The author of Little Women "did not attempt to do more than she could do well, and her ...

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT is an interesting person for herself, as a representative of the generally unappreciated but fascinating Alcott family, and as an example of the period when the New England mind was ...

Preface: a trip to Concord -- Trailing clouds of glory, 1832-1849 -- Concord. Louisa in exile, 1840-1843 -- Fruitlands. Family in crisis, 1843-1848 -- Boston. "Stick to your teaching", 1848-1858 -- ...

A special encore broadcast of American Masters — Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind ‘Little Women’ airs nationwide Sunday, May 20 at 10 p.m. on PBS (check ...

In her new book, the historian Tiya Miles shows how formative outdoor experiences helped diverse women — from Harriet Tubman to Indigenous athletes — transcend prescribed social and gender roles. By ...