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Louisa May Alcott

  • Early Life

    Early Life

    Louisa May Alcott was born in Pennsylvania.
  • Early Childhood

    Early Childhood

    Louisa and her sisters begin to act in plays near Concrod, MA
  • Poetry

    Poetry

    "Sunlight" is her first poem published in a magazine.
  • Civil War

    Civil War

    Louisa becomes a Civil War nurse in Washington D.C.
  • Published book

    Published book

    Her most famous book Little Women is published. *Year accurate, day/month an estimate
  • Women's Rights

    Women's Rights

    Louisa is part of the women's suffrage movement, helping women get the right to vote.
  • Death

    Death

    Louisa May Alcott dies in Boston. She is buried in "Sleepy Hollow Cemetery" near famous authors such as Thoreau, Emerson, and Hawthorne in Concord in what's know as author's ridge.