Louisa May Alcott portrait by George Healy, realistic painter of presidents and the elite
Photo courtesy of Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House/L. M. A. Memorial Association
Louisa May Alcott’s letters home during her Civil War nursing experience became Hospital Sketches, her first modest success.
Photo courtesy of Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House/L. M. A. Memorial Association