Marmee’s frenetic activity in Little Women reflects the reality of Abigail Alcott’s life, though not the fact that besides being a visionary mother she was an extraordinary political activist and keen social analyst whose knowledge of life in Boston’s industrial slums earned her a position as one of the country’s first paid social workers.
A beautiful piece.
Liked this part, too, but here's my question: when did LMA write the novel? Was she still, like Jane Austen, still lodged with the family?