Quick Facts About Louisa May Alcott
- Born
- November 29, 1832
- Died
- March 6, 1888
- Nationality
- United States
- Profession
- Suffragist
- Notable works
- Little Women
- Known for
- Little Women, Jo's Boys, An Old-Fashioned Girl, Eight Cousins; or, The Aunt-Hill, Flower Fables
About Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known for writing the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Good Wives (1869), Little Men (1871), and Jo's Boys (1886). Raised in New England by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott, she grew up among many well-known intellectuals of the day, including Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau. Encouraged by her family, Alcott began writing from an early age.
Biography source:
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