Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott

(1832–1888) poet United States

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Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) was a United States poet, known for Little Women|Jo's Boys|An Old-Fashioned Girl|Eight Cousins; or, The Aunt-Hill|Flower Fables|Jack and Jill: A Village Story|Rose in Bloom|The Brownie and the Princess|Under the Lilacs|Work: A Story of Experience|A Modern Mephistopheles.

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.

Known for:

Little Women|Jo's Boys|An Old-Fashioned Girl|Eight Cousins; or, The Aunt-Hill|Flower Fables|Jack and Jill: A Village Story|Rose in Bloom|The Brownie and the Princess|Under the Lilacs|Work: A Story of Experience|A Modern Mephistopheles

Notable works:

Little Women

Awards:

National Women's Hall of Fame

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