Louisa May Alcott's Work: A Story of Experience (1873) is a semi-autobiographical novel that explores her personal conflicts as a woman and the sufferings and struggles of her contemporaries during the time of the American Civil War. The story concerns a young woman who is on a quest for self-fulfillment. She works hard to support herself, and be a model for other working women. Alcott stresses feminist independence, social justice, and moral.