Known best as the author of Little Women, Louisa May Alcott was a popular writer of the 19th century, a Civil War Nurse and a part of the Transcendentalist circle of writers.
A profile of Louisa May Alcott, 19th century writer whose most famous book is Little Women.
Quotations from Louisa May Alcott, compiled by your Guide to Women's History.
An organized list of the works of author Louisa May Alcott.
This listing of your Guide's "Top Picks" includes Alcott's
Hospital Sketches, a description of her brief career as a Civil War nurse.
Memorable lines about Christmas from Louisa May Alcott's famous novel,
Little Women. This excerpt gives some sense of how middle class Americans celebrated Christmas about the time of the Civil War.
A hymn text written by Louisa May Alcott, who is better known as the author of Little Women.
A seasonal favorite: a short story by Louisa May Alcott about Thanksgiving, and an idealized picture of 19th century life.
In 1882, Louisa May Alcott, a neighbor and friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson, wrote her memories of Emerson for publication. Here's the essay she wrote.
A profile of the United States Sanitary Commission, founded in 1861, which helped promote health in the Union Army Camps, provide supplies, and raise money for the Union effort.
Louisa May Alcott wrote this biting satire on life in a 19th century Utopian community, based on her own family's experience at Fruitlands. She portrays the father figure as a dreamer and idealist, and the mother as the practical one who has to do all the work to meet worldly needs like food and shelter.
Louisa May Alcott wrote this biting satire on life in a 19th century Utopian community, based on her own family's experience at Fruitlands. She portrays the father figure as a dreamer and intellectual, and the mother as the one who has to do all the work to meet worldly needs like food and shelter.
On About: a searchable copy of
Little Women, the best-known of Louisa May Alcott's novels.
An unofficial site on Louisa May Alcott, including many pictures, documents and other material. Dated entries on the front page at this writing are fairly old, so the site may not be current.
Find out more about the community where Bronson Alcott moved his family briefly as an experiment in communal living.
A bibliography, with some notes, on Alcott and her works. Many of the links aren't working at this writing.
A Celebration of Women Writers provides an electronic copy of Louisa May Alcott's Civil War memoir.
The University of Virginia electronic edition of Louisa May Alcott's novel includes not only the whole text, but also a chapter summary and a bibliography on Louisa May Alcott and her writings.
A biography of Louisa May Alcott.
Find the Project Gutenberg versions of many of Louisa May Alcott's works.
Find information on the home where Louisa May Alcott lived with her family, including visiting information and a virtual tour.