. Some successful Americans . and in each capacity touchedand influenced thousands. She was not interested in temperance alone, but workedfor equal suffrage, social purity, labor reform, —for whatevershe believed stood for the uplifting of humanity. It wasnot so much a movement or a cause that interested heras the welfare of mankind. Her and viewswere broad. Unlike many, perhaps most reformers, shewas always free from bitterness, and to this fact not a littleof her power was due. A busier, purer, more devoted, and less selfish life hasrarely been lived. The life of Miss Willard sho
. Some successful Americans . and in each capacity touchedand influenced thousands. She was not interested in temperance alone, but workedfor equal suffrage, social purity, labor reform, —for whatevershe believed stood for the uplifting of humanity. It wasnot so much a movement or a cause that interested heras the welfare of mankind. Her and viewswere broad. Unlike many, perhaps most reformers, shewas always free from bitterness, and to this fact not a littleof her power was due. A busier, purer, more devoted, and less selfish life hasrarely been lived. The life of Miss Willard shows the marvelous possibili-ties of a single person who is willing to devote his entire FRANCES ELIZABETH WILLARD 97 energies to a single purpose. While Miss Willard was awoman of superior attainments, it was not so much herability as her supreme devotion to her work that wroughtthe success she strove for. The same devotion on the partof persons of less ability has brought the same degree ofsuccess in many a narrower Louisa M. Alcott 98 LOUISA M. ALCOTT 1832-1888 Louisa M. Alcott was well born. Although her father,Amos Bronson Alcott, was an impractical idealist, he wasof good ancestry and a man of culture and mother had a fine physique, untiring energy, and supe-rior intellect. She was fond of writing, her letters beingremarkable for their wit and humor as well as for theirkeen criticism and fine moral sentiments. Mrs. Alcott wasa daughter of Colonel Joseph May, a member of a notedfamily. Through her grandmother, Dorothy Sewell, shewas connected with a family remarkable for its ability andvirtue. With such an ancestry it might well be expectedthat Miss Alcott would be no ordinary woman. The hardships and trials of her early life furnished herwith experiences that she made large use of in her also contributed much towards her development. Miss Alcott was perhaps the most popular writer for theyoung that this country has yet produced. Her in
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