Louisa May Alcott, first person living history presentation by Joan Leotta, Ohio alumna, and nationally acclaimed re-enactor. This presentation will cover much of Alcott’s life, but will have a major focus on her experience as a Civil War nurse, which Leotta believes informed much of her later writings in ways that are not fully appreciated by Alcott scholars. Her presentation in Athens will be followed by one in Marietta for Mid Ohio Valley CWRT. This is cosponsored by the two CWRTs, as well as the Ohio University Department of History and the Department of English.