Arriving at the cottage of the famed novelist you might be received by her but not know it. For to elude the publicity brought upon her, the scribe would often mask herself as a servant and send the callers from her home.
Imagine discovering Louisa May Alcott’s Boston. Born on November 29, 1832 in Germantown PA she lived only to age 56. Passing away in Boston on March 6, 1888 the Alcott family had moved to Concord MA in 1804. Born to Abigail and Bronson Alcott the family lived in continuous poverty. Louisa has frequently articulated living with her male parent “was like a man up in a balloon; he was safe as long as three women held the ropes on the ground.”
Boston By Foot, a non-profit organization providing historical sightseeing excursion noteworthy to tourists, this September (2019) will be extending a journey into the world of Louisa May Alcott’s Boston. The Orchard House is now open to the public and is listed with the National Historic Landmarks. Guests will hear whispering of the Alcott’s family and Louisa’s travels from impoverishment to fame. They will come to know her, the time she spent as a civil war nurse and the efforts to usher women suffrage to fruition. Hear how she became engrossed with the Gothic pulp fiction movement using the name of A.M. Barnard.
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Visit with her many famous friends along the way, including Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorn, etc. (Wager she would have loved to have been a member of the Saturday Club, established in 1855 which exclusively men could belong.) Best known for her work, Little Women she would advance to become the heroine of juvenile fiction.