Award Toward Production Recieved

July 4, 2006: The CPB/PBS Program Challenge Fund supports the project with a generous award toward production of Louisa May Alcott: The Real Woman Who Wrote Little Women. Leading the agencies’ joint selection process are John Prizer of The Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Sandy Heberer of The Public Broadcasting System.

Co-Producer And Presenter Announced

May 4, 2006: The Project welcomes WNET’s American Masters as co-producer and presenter of its 90-minute Alcott biography. The distinguished PBS series in its 20th season under Susan Lacy, its award-winning originator and Executive Producer. New York station WNET’s contribution to production costs brings the project 2/3 of the way to budget completion. Two grants by individuals support the development of the website and a book proposal.