Sentence:  Mr. March , like Benjamin Szold , was a clergyman , although of an indeterminate denomination ; and `` Marmee '' March , like Sophie Szold , was the competent manager of her <WSD>brood</WSD> of girls , of whom the Marches had only four to the Szolds ' five . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the young of an animal cared for at one time