Summary: May Alcott failed spectacularly countless times before becoming a great artist. Immortalized by her sister as the vain, vivacious Amy in Little Women, the real youngest “March” sister, May, was a conscientious, creative, and courageous artist whose enthusiastic energy lifted everyone around her. Travel with Katie to <a href="https://louisamayalcott.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Orchard House</a>, where the Alcotts lived 175 years ago, and see the world as May saw it: beautiful, joyful, and full of possibility.<br> You can <a href="https://louisamayalcott.org/digital-discoveries" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">take a virtual tour of Orchard House</a> on the museum website, as well as <a href="https://louisamayalcott.org/online-store#fbe14ca3-a643-4b7f-bcd8-85de50eef101" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">visit their online shop</a>.<br> The Librivox recording of Little Women can be found <a href="https://librivox.org/little-women-by-louisa-may-alcott/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>. Read May Alcott’s book “Studying Art Abroad and How to do it Cheaply” <a href="https://archive.org/details/studyingartabroa00nier/page/n5/mode/2up" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here.</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Jan Turnquist is the executive director of <a href="https://louisamayalcott.org/home" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Orchard House</a>, and director and co-executive producer of the Emmy award-winning documentary <a href="http://kanopy.com/video/orchard-house-home-little-women" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Orchard House: Home of the Little Women.</a><br> <br> <br> <a href="https://whatshernamepodcast.com/people/music/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Music</a> featured in this episode included:<br> <br> Your <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/whatshername" target="_blank" rel="noopener">purchases</a> help support the podcast!<br> <br> <br> <br> <br>
