The Wayside him. In March 1846, the family added a bedroom for their 13-year-old daughter Louisa May Alcott. It was the first room she had to herself. She wrote in her journal, "It does me very good to be alone, and Mother has made it very pretty and neat for me." In this home, Louisa and her sisters lived many of the scenes that later appeared in her book "Little Women" (1868–69), including the amateur plays they performed. She also began writing what would become her first book, "Flower Fables" (1854). Bronson opened the home to many people, including Sophia Foord, a
Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross The Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross are a diocesan community of religious women who live according to the Rule of St. Francis of Assisi in Northeastern Wisconsin. In essence, the sisters practice "simplicity, hospitality, and prayer that is centered on the Cross of Jesus Christ, the sacred Word of Scripture, and the Holy Eucharist." This Catholic community of women was founded in 1868 by Father Edward Daems (1826 - 1879) who came to northeastern Wisconsin to minister to the local Belgian immigrants. Seeing the need for teachers, Father Daems