tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256801828148573136.post8971576104716037057..comments2024-01-26T17:29:53.415-05:00Comments on Reader's Almanac: Susan Cheever on Louisa May Alcott: “a writer who refused conventional ideas of women’s roles”The Library of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17586915922688562543noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256801828148573136.post-85095937765816998052014-09-24T17:44:33.597-04:002014-09-24T17:44:33.597-04:00Thanks for the catch. We've corrected the iden...Thanks for the catch. We've corrected the identification. (Cheever identifies Richardson correctly in her biography, so this may have been a mistake we made during editing.)The Library of Americahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17586915922688562543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256801828148573136.post-76728981932520277102014-09-24T06:06:36.079-04:002014-09-24T06:06:36.079-04:00Louisa did not work for the Reverend James Richard...Louisa did not work for the Reverend James Richardson, who was earlier in life Thoreau's college roommate, but the Honorable James Richardson, an attorney, an entirely different person in age, disposition, and wealth.Jeffrey S. Cramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08025960153503837833noreply@blogger.com