Ask a female writer about her earliest inspiration, and she might just name Jo March or her creator, Louisa May Alcott, who celebrated little women with big dreams. Alcott is one of the 20 trailblazers profiled in Remarkable Gifts, which features biographies of the women, plus artwork, poems and short stories inspired by their lives and work. The book’s launch party is March 8 at the Philadelphia Girls’ Rowing Club on Boathouse Row. Visit philadelphiastories.org.
