Louisa May Alcott: Daughter of the Transcendentalists

7 Surprising Facts About LIttle Women's Author, Louisa May Alcott

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Louisa May Alcott's Writings in The Atlantic

“The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.”

was born. Her novel about four sisters during the 1860s, which she wrote at age 36 inspired by her own family experiences, was an instant best-seller. Alcott's family had little money; however, Alcott gained lasting fame and fortune from 

, she provided a source of income for her family through her writings and sketches; at age 22, her first book of stories, 

Alcott was also an abolitionist, suffragist and a Civil War nurse at a Union Army hospital in Washington, D.C. Visit our source page to learn more!

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