Louisa May Alcott

Born November 29, 1832· Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

† Died March 6, 1888

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Emerging from a New England household steeped in transcendentalist thought, she absorbed lessons from her father’s experimental school and from figures such as Emerson and Thoreau. Financial strain pushed her into assorted jobs while she turned to writing for income, initially publishing sensational short stories under the pseudonym A. M. Barnard. Critical recognition arrived with Hospital Sketche… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources