louisa may alcott

Louisa May Alcott

Born in 1832 in German town Pennsylvania.

Lived in German town and then moved to a cottage

on a 2 acre land Then later moved to a utopian Fruitland

She liked to visit the library of Ralph Waldo Emerson. That’s where she started to like books. That’s probably what inspired her to write.

She became a social reformer because of the little opportunities for women in her community. She grew up in a life of poverty

Little Woman

Little woman was a book she wrote. It was about a family in poverty that reaches several challenges (such as sick people in there family)

Louisa Alcott became a lot more famous after she wrote this book. That is when her movement became popular

Along with Elizebeth Stoddard , Rebecca Harding Davis, Anne , and Moncure Crane She made books about womans issue.

Movement/ LegacyShe wanted to make women have more rights. She made this movement along with Elizebeth Stoddard , Rebecca Harding Davis, Anne , and Moncure Crane to address womans issues.

She wrote books about women having more rights

Her legacy is the book she made little women it became a very famous book and lived long after she died to carry on the message