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(1832-1888)

Who Was Louisa May Alcott?

Louisa May Alcott was an American author who wrote under various pseudonyms and only started using her own name when she was ready to commit to writing.

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Her novel Little Women gave Alcott financial independence and a lifetime writing career. She died in 1888.

Early Life

Alcott was born on November 29, 1832, in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Alcott was a best-selling novelist of the late 1800s, and many of her works, most notably Little Women, remain popular today.

Alcott was taught by her father, Amos Bronson Alcott, until 1848, and studied informally with family friends such as Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Theodore Parker. Residing in Boston and Concord, Massachusetts, Alcott worked as a domestic servant and teacher, among other positions, to help support her family from 1850 to 1862.

During the Civil War, she went to Washington, D.C. to work as a nurse.

Acclaimed Author: 'Little Women'

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