Round 3: Tossup 17

A member of this family was forced out of teaching after accepting an African-American girl, Susan Robinson, into his school. That member of this family founded a school of philosophy at Orchard House and emphasized (10[1])the importance of conversation to teach the Gospels at the Temple School. John (10[1])Matteson won a Pulitzer Prize for a dual biography about this family, Eden’s Outcasts. A member of this family fictionalized herself as “Tribulation Periwinkle” in “sketches” (10[2])describing her experience as a volunteer nurse in (10[1])Georgetown. That member of this family wrote the satire Transcendental Wild (10[1])Oats (10[1]-5[1])about (10[1])her (10[1])father’s (10[2])failed (10[3])utopia, (10[1])Fruitlands. (10[1])A member of this family wrote about the death of her sister from scarlet fever (10[2])through the character of Beth. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this family of Amos Bronson and his daughter, the author of Little Women. ■END■ (10[1])

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