Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women

Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women

7.0

Aug 09 2008

Documentary

Louisa May Alcott, author of "Little Women," leads a literary double life, writing under the pseudonym A.M. Barnard, an identity that remains until the 1940s.

Elizabeth Marvel

Elizabeth Marvel

Louisa May Alcott

Daniel Gerroll

Daniel Gerroll

Bronson Alcott

Emily Sarah Stikeman

Emily Sarah Stikeman

Louisa May Alcott

Jane Alexander

Jane Alexander

Ednah Cheney

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