![]() ![]() Before long, Louisa is in love and thinks the possibility exists that she could be a writer and a wife. A mutual love of Walt Whitman’s newly published Leaves of Grass brings about the turning point in their romance. Louisa does not try to hide her distain for the shackles of marriage, and the harder she pulls away, the more persistent Joseph becomes. It’s not long before Louisa and Joseph meet through mutual friends. ![]() This is also the summer that the Alcotts have moved to Walpole to take advantage of free housing. Soon to be orphaned by a dying father, he’ll become the caretaker of his younger sister and their fiscally unstable grocery store. It’s the summer of 1855 in Walpole, New Hampshire, and Joseph Singer, a young merchant, also feels the tug of familial duty. She craved the writer’s life from a young age, happy with whatever solitude she could carve out for herself in a household that demanded much of her time. Louisa May Alcott was a champion of the independently spirited woman at a time when marriage was considered by much of society as a woman’s best and only choice for a happy life. ![]()
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