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Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American writer who became famous for the novel "Little Women" published in 1868, which was based on memories of her growing up in the company of three sisters.

Louisa May Alcott was the second of four daughters of transcendentalist writer Amos Bronson Alcott, and suffragette Abby May. The Alcott family came from New England, but Louise was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When the girl was two years old, the family moved to Boston, where Amos Bronson Alcott founded an experimental school and joined the transcendentalist club led by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. After several failures with school, the Alcotts moved to Concord, Massachusetts, where they joined the utopian settlement "Fruitlands", founded by transcendentalists. Louise was educated under the guidance of her father; she was also greatly influenced by his circle of friends: Emerson, Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Margaret Fuller. She wrote about this in the essay "Transcendental Wild Oats", reprinted in 1876 in the book "Silver Pitchers“.

As she grew older, Louise Alcott became a follower of abolitionism and feminism. Because of the plight of feminism. Due to the family's plight, she started working early (she was a governess, teacher, seamstress). Since childhood, she was fond of literature, composed short stories and fairy tales, wrote plays for the home theater. At the age of 22, Louise wrote her first book, Flower Fables, which included stories written for Ellen Emerson, the daughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson. As she grew older, Louise Alcott became a follower of abolitionism and feminism. Because of the plight of feminism. Due to the family's plight, she started working early (she was a governess, teacher, seamstress). Since childhood, she was fond of literature, composed short stories and fairy tales, wrote plays for the home theater. At the age of 22, Louise wrote her first book, Flower Fables, which included stories written for Ellen Emerson, the daughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson. During the Civil War, she served as a nurse at a military hospital in Georgetown. In 1863, her letters to her family, which she sent from the hospital, were published in a revised form, and this book brought her the first, although not very wide fame.

The most famous and popular book by Alcott was published – "Little Women", which tells about the growing up of four daughters of the March family: Meg, Joe, Beth and Amy. It was created at the request of Boston publisher Thomas Niles, who asked Alcott to write a "book for girls." Meg's prototype was her older sister Anna, she expressed herself in the image of Joe, and the images of Beth and Amy were based on her younger sisters Elizabeth and May, respectively. The success of the book prompted the writer to compose several novels related to this work: in 1869, a sequel called "Good Wives" was published, which is often published together with the first part of the novel and tells about the youth of the March sisters and their marriage; in 1871, the book "Little Men" was published, also semi-autobiographical, telling about the nephews of the writer Finally, in 1886, the book "Joe's Boys" was published. The most famous and popular book by Alcott was published – "Little Women", which tells about the growing up of four daughters of the March family: Meg, Joe, Beth and Amy. It was created at the request of Boston publisher Thomas Niles, who asked Alcott to write a "book for girls." Meg's prototype was her older sister Anna, she expressed herself in the image of Joe, and the images of Beth and Amy were based on her younger sisters Elizabeth and May, respectively. The success of the book prompted the writer to compose several novels related to this work: in 1869, a sequel called "Good Wives" was published, which is often published together with the first part of the novel and tells about the youth of the March sisters and their marriage; in 1871, the book "Little Men" was published, also semi-autobiographical, telling about the nephews of the writer Finally, in 1886, the book "Joe's Boys" was published.

Unlike Joe March, her literary incarnation, Louisa May Alcott has never been married. In 1879, after the death of her sister May, the writer took on her two-year-old niece Louise May Neriker (she was named after her aunt and even received the same family nickname - Lulu). Alcott later became an active campaigner for women's rights and was the first woman to register to vote in Concord, Massachusetts. Despite her declining health, Alcott continued to write until her death. She died in Boston on March 6, 1888.