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The Alcotts: The Real Family Behind "Little Women"

September 24, 2003

Jan Turnquist executive director, Orchard House

Jan Turnquist, executive director of Orchard House, discusses the daily activities and pursuits of the Alcotts, a trailblazing family of reformers.

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Topics: Culture & Identity | History | People & Places

Tags: Activism | Authors | Biographies | Interviews | Jan Turnquist | Profiles

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Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Town Hall: Part I

CSI:NY's Hill Harper and filmmaker Gary Ross join local students and a panel of esteemed local experts for a timely Town Hall Meeting entitled, "Lincoln, Douglass and the Transformative Power of Words." The event seeks to underscore the importance of education in the lives of Abraham Lincol

Cynthia Lopez: WAM! 2009 Keynote

Cynthia Lopez, vice president of American Documentary's P.O.V., delivers the keynote address at the 2009 Women, Action & the Media conference.

James McGrath Morris: Joseph Pulitzer's Life in Politics, Print, and Power

James McGrath Morris

James McGrath Morris and Bethanne Patrick discuss Morris's new biography of publishing king Joseph Pulitzer.

Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action for the 21st Century

Physician and humanitarian James Orbinski discusses his new book, An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action for the Twenty-First Century.

Buzz Aldrin: The Long Journey Home from the Moon

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin discusses his autobiography, Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon, with Bethanne Patrick.

Barbara Graham: Pleasures and Perils of Being a Grandmother

Barbara Graham discusses Eye of My Heart, a collection of writings about the experience of being a grandmother, with Bethanne Patrick.

Louisa May Alcott's Civil War

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