Anna Alcott Pratt

[3] Amos Bronson Alcott was a schoolteacher and from the time Anna was born, he took detailed notes on his daughter's development.

[4] Anna was primarily educated at home although she attended her father's Temple School in the late 1830s.

[5] From an early age, Anna was "stage-struck" and secretly longed "to shine before the world as a great actress or prima donna.

[2] While Louisa was known among friends for her comedic acting, Anna "could cause handkerchiefs to come out and much swallowing of lumps in the throat.

[6] It was published after Louisa's death in Comic Tragedies (1893) which featured an introduction by Anna titled "A forward from Meg.

[5] After her husband's death Anna purchased the Thoreau-Alcott House on Main Street in Concord in 1877 with help from her sister Louisa.