The World of Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women“ presented by Deb Keating
Mondays from 10 am to noon
4747 Troost (direct entrance off of Forest Ave.) Room 22B
It begins on Monday, Sept 15 and ends on Oct 20.
This class is in-person only without a Zoom or recorded component
Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women is most commonly considered a book for children. However, Alcott lived in a time of transition in American history that informed her writing and influenced her perspective.
In this class we will discuss Pilgrim’s Progress (the moral structure for Little Women), Alcott’s early life, including time lived in a commune with her family, her time as a Civil War nurse, her father’s influence on his children and pre- and post-Civil War public education and her friendship with her father’s friends in the Transcendentalist movement.
These and many other experiences reflected in Alcott’s writing, provide a new lens through which to evaluate the oft told tale of the March family.
Dr. Deborah Keating – is new to SPARK but not to the art of researching a story to share with others! She is a published author with PhD in History from UMKC. She did her research on Louisa May Alcott at Harvard University- Houghton Library.
