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Annotated Bibliography The cover of the Little Women has the 4 sisters and all of their personalities displayed on their faces. Top 100 Children’s Novels #47: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. School Library Journal, 28 May 2012. Web. 15 Dec. 2015. <http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/05/28/top-100-childrens-novels-47-little-women-by-louisa-may-alcott/#_>. Durbin, Deborah. “About the Author.” xroads.virginia.edu. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Oct. 2015. <http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/ALCOTT/aboutla.html>. Deborah Durbin included no biases within the article, but was very detailed on things that needn’t be emphasized. Durbin seemed to have intense knowledge on the subject and, while there were no credentials mentioned, would be a reliable source for the future. “During the 1870s, Alcott and her mother were deeply involved in the women’s suffrage movement, canvassing door-to-door encouraging women to register to vote. In 1879, Louisa registered as the first woman to vote in the Concord school committee election.” Today in History: November 29. Library of Congress, n.d. Web. 15 Dec. 2015. <https://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov29.html>. “Experience the historic home of the extraordinary Alcott family, where Louisa May Alcott wrote and set Little Women.” “Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House ”Home of Little Women.“ N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Dec. 2015. <http://www.louisamayalcott.org>. The four sisters are crowded around their mother lovingly and she shows them a book as it seems. The home surrounding them seems cozy and homey. Louisa May Alcott. Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography, 1 May 2001. Web. 15 Dec. 2015. <http://uudb.org/articles/louisamayalcott.html>. “Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.” The Book Case Blog. Book Page, 29 Nov. 2013. Web. 15 Dec. 2015. <http://bookpage.com/the-book-case?page=1&tag_id=3722&type=post>. Harlow, Lurabel. Louisa May Alcott: A Souvenir. N.p.: Boston, S. E. Cassino, 1889. HathiTrust. Web. 14 Oct. 2015. <http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t5v69wg0f;view=1up;seq=11>. Harlow Lurabel was an incredibly helpful source, whom also included many quotes from Alcott herself, which was extremely helpful. No bias was included in the book, as yet seen, but it was slightly difficult to read bits and pieces of the old English. “In The Woman Behind Little Women, Elizabeth Marvel plays Louisa May Alcott, who loved to run.” Alcott: ‘Not The Little Woman You Thought She Was’. N.p., 28 Dec. 2009. Web. 15 Dec. 2015. <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121831612>. Louisa May Alcott, her mother Marmee, her father Amos, her older sister Anna, and Anna’s first-born son Frederick, in front of Orchard House, circa 1865. History of Massachusetts. N.p., 8 Sept. 2011. Web. 13 Nov. 2015. <http://historyofmassachusetts.org/louisa-may-alcott/>. The photograph was taken from a standpoint of showing its vastness. Louisa and several relatives are shown outside the house to just attempt and compare the size of them to their not-too-shabby household. This photo seems very credible and gives a whole new detailed picture of how Louisa grew up. Meigs, Cornelia. Invincible Louisa. 1933. Canada: Little, Brown & Company, 1968. Print. This book contained little bias, and was a helpful source. However, the source was slightly too long for a brief notecard of sorts. The pages were incredibly detailed and written elegantly. “Nurse Anne Bell tending to wounded soldiers in a Union hospital, ca. 1863.” The Civil War, Part 2: The People. The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2012. Web. 14 Dec. 2015. <http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2012/02/the-civil-war-part-2-the-people/100242/>. Ruth, Amy. Louisa May Alcott. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1999. Print. Amy Ruth wrote a brilliant book, with extremely helpful information for my entire project. There is information to be found on every aspect of Louisa’s life, and there in no bias, only fact based print. The Salt Lake Herald [Salt Lake City] 25 Mar. 1888. Library of Congress. Web. 21 Oct. 2015. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1888-03-25/ed-1/seq-15.pdf>. This newspaper article was very helpful, although containing bias, and really gave a strong opinion about how the Alcotts were towards outsiders. The bias was the opinion about the people who took the author in (the Alcotts), and he was very open about their love and affection towards others and within their family. It was very clear that family was a huge factor in Louisa’s life and career, as well as being a constant help and love for her own family. Sattelmeyer, Robert. “Louisa May Alcott.” historynet.com. History Net, Apr. 2012. Web. 7 Oct. 2015. <http://www.historynet.com/louisa-may-alcott>. Robert Sattelmeyer seems to be an accomplished author who has been a trustworthy source in the past, and has delivered on this site as well. He gave unbiased information and went into excessive detail of Alcott and her lifetime. All around, this site was very helpful. There is a grave with the initials E. S. A and additionally engraved with the years 1835-1858. The gray grave is concrete and slightly in front of it is a pine cone resting upon green grass. Elizabeth Sewall Alcott. FindAGrave, n.d. Web. 14 Dec. 2015. <http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7394825>. Wight, Pocahontas W. “Life of Louisa May Alcott 1833-1888.” Richmond Times [Richmond] 30 Sept. 1917: n. pag. Chronicling America. Web. 4 Nov. 2015. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1917-09-30/ed-1/seq-43.pdf>. The article was very helpful, and provided many details that had been left out elsewhere. It was containing slight bias, coming from someone who had read her book and enjoyed it, but wasn’t a key factor in the article. The perspective of someone closer to her time period was eye-opening. “Wounded soldiers that have been treated are restlessly waiting around, miserable that they are now crippled, but also in shock from the trauma and pain.” Civil War Medicine. Wiki Spaces, n.d. Web. 15 Dec. 2015. <http://hs8-6mejail2011.wikispaces.com/Civil+War+Medicine>. |