Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott, writer of Little Women, was born on 29^th of November 1832 in Pennsylvania, USA. She was one of four siblings and at the age of two, due to financial difficulties  her family moved to Boston. She was home schooled and tutored by her father (who was a teacher) as well as family friends.

Because of her family's financial state, she started working from an early age. She worked as a teacher, seamstress, governess, nurse and writer. She never abandoned her love for writing and her first book was published in 1854 named Flower Fables.

Soon she started writing for the Atlantic Monthly magazine and rose to fame with her novel Little Women that was published in four sections dating from 1868 to 1886.

Alcott continued to write for the rest of her life despite her health problems.

She fought against slavery and worked hard to obtain equal rights for women. In fact, she was eager for women to have the right to vote  and was the first woman to register to vote in Concord Massachusetts. #Atruefeminist

She died in Boston on the 6^th of March 1888 at the age of 55.

Reference: Alcott M., Louisa, Little Women, ed. by Jenny Dooley and Virginia Evans (Express Publishing,  Berkshire: 2012).

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