Additional speakers for programs

Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women

Site Support Notebook

• Your state humanities council has a list of scholars who have experience with public programming.
• The Organization of American Historians also offers a speakers bureau (for a fee) dedicated to American history. Visit
  http://lectures.oah.org/about/ for details.
• Visit the National Directory of Chautauqua Performers for a list of people who interpret historical figures (such as Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau) in costume:
  
  
  http://www.mohumanities.org/Library/PDF/NationalChautauquaDirectory_v4_2.pdf
• Valerie E. Weich performs living history portrayals of Louisa May Alcott. Her presentation covers topics such as: the Alcott family’s involvement with the Transcendental philosophical movement; Bronson Alcott’s progressive ideas about education; the Civil War and Louisa May Alcott’s service as an army nurse; slavery and the Abolitionist movement; the role of women in the nineteenth century; and more. Please contact Valerie Weich at 626-683-7038 or
  valweich@att.net to discuss her program in detail.
• Jan Turnquist also performs living history portrayals of Louisa May Alcott. Audience members learn about Alcott and her unconventional family and gain insight into important nineteenth-century issues. For additional details, visit
  http://www.janturnquist.com/