Louisa May Alcott is a name that should sound familiar to everyone: she wrote Little Woman, a pretty famous book (and if you remember, Alex's favorite book into movie.)
She lived in Boston with her parents and three sisters. Her parents were transcendentalists, which is why she probably decided to write. She was in constant contact with writers like Thoreau and Hawthorne. Due to financial strains on the family, she was a teacher, seamstress & governess to bring in money.
However, as Alcott got older, she began writing for the Atlantic Monthly during the Civil War. Alcott was also an abolitionist, and even helped with the Underground Railroad. She wrote Little Women in two parts in 1868 & 69. The book is semi-autobiographical, and you can tell that "Jo" is based on Alcott herself.
Alcott never married, nor had any children. However, her youngest sister died from complications from childbirth and Alcott raised the child herself.
Little Women is easily her most famous books (followed by Little Men & Jo's Boys), but she's written other books, like this week's An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving and Eight Cousins.
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