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Louisa May Alcott Educational Posters, Books, Links for Learning
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Louisa May Alcott was born November 29, 1832 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, the second of four daughters of Amos Bronson Alcott and Abigail May Alcott. Louisa’s father was a teacher with controversial methods which relied on involving the students in the learning process and a belief that children should enjoy learning. This lead to perpetual financial difficulties and the need Louisa felt to help support the family. As a child she lived in a communal experiment called Fruitlands in Massachusetts and visited her father’s friends Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Louisa May Alcott wrote well over a dozen books, as well as many poems, stories, and essays. Her most famous book, Little Women, is a part of a series on the history of the March family (Little Men and Jo’s Boys) and like her heroine Jo March, Louisa was a tomboy. Her success as a writer meant financial security for her family. Alcott also used her service as a Civil War nurse as background for her stories. Like many other nurses she contracted typhoid fever. Although she recovered from the fever, she suffered the poisoning effects of cure: doctors at the time used a drug containing mercury to cure typhoid. Louisa May Alcott became involved in the women’s suffrage movement as well. She canvassed door to door to encourage women to register to vote and in 1879 became the first woman in Concord to register to vote in the village’s school committee election. Louisa May Alcott died at age 56 on March 6, 1888 in Boston and is buried in Concord, MA. |
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT QUOTES • “Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us - and those around us - more effectively. Look for the learning.” Books & video about and by Louisa May AlcottLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott - Little Women is one of the best-loved books of all time, as popular today as when it was written. Although it is a children’s book, it also appeals to grownups. The story is largely autobiographical, the March girls being Louisa’s own sisters, with herself as Jo. Little Women- Video 1994 Gillian Armstrong, director. Louisa May Alcott: Young Novelist (Childhood of Famous Americans) - Childhood of Famous Americans series, sixty-five years old in 1997, chronicles the early years of famous American men and women in an accessible manner. Each book is faithful in spirit to the values and experiences that influenced the person's development. History is fleshed out with fictionalized details, and conversations have been added to make the stories come alive to today’s reader, but every reasonable effort has been made to make the stories consistent with the events, ethics, and character of their subjects. 9-12 year olds reading level. Civil War Women: The Civil War Seen Through Women’s Eyes in Stories by Louisa May Alcott, Kate Chopin, Eudora Welty... - Spellbinding stories by ten acclaimed writers. Louisa May Alcott: A Biography by Madeleine B. Stern - First published in 1950, this biography of Louisa May Alcott remains the standard work on the beloved American writer. The author, one of the world's leading Alcott scholars, shows how the breadth of Alcott's work, ranging from Little Women to sensational thrillers and war stories, serves as a reflection of a fascinating and complicated life dotted with poverty and riches alike, hard menial work, physical suffering relieved by opiates, and the acclaim of literary success. LINKS FOR LEARNING : LOUISA MAY ALCOTT |
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