Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott was born in Germantown, PA, on Nov. 29, 1832, and she was the second daughter of Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott. She had an older sister Anna and two younger sisters Elizabeth and May. The family moved to Boston, MA in 1834, where her father set up an experimental school that failed because of the lack of students. Since the Alcotts were relatively poor, Ralph Waldo Emerson financially supported them while they moved to …

…worse, but with the little strength she had, she took care of him every few days. In early March, Mr. Alcott failed rapidly. At 3:30, March 6, 1888, Miss Alcott passed away. Her father passed away just 2 days before she did. She is buried on "Authors' Ridge" in Concord's Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, with her family. Louisa May Alcott lived a long, prosperous life. She was not only an excellent writer, but also an active abolitionist, suffragist, and feminist.