Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott
Biography of Louisa May Alcott, 19th century writer who was close to the Transcendentalist circle.
Louisa May Alcott Quotes
Quotations from Louisa May Alcott, compiled by your Guide to Women's History.
Louisa May Alcott Books - Little Women and Beyond
An organized list of the works of author Louisa May Alcott.
Louisa May Alcott Portrait
Portrait, in color, from an illustration of 19th century woman author Louisa May Alcott.
Books on Women and the Civil War
This listing of your Guide's "Top Picks" includes Alcott's Hospital Sketches, a description of her brief career as a Civil War nurse.
Little Women: Christmas
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.
O The Beautiful Old Story! - Christmas Hymn - Louisa May Alcott
A hymn text written by Louisa May Alcott, who is better known as the author of Little Women.
An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving
A seasonal favorite: a short story by Louisa May Alcott about Thanksgiving, and an idealized picture of 19th century life.
Reminiscences of Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1882
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.
Sanitary Commission (USSC)
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.
Transcendental Wild Oats - 1873
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.
Transcendental Wild Oats Part II
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.
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
On About: a searchable copy of Little Women, the best-known of Louisa May Alcott's novels.
The Fruitlands
Find out more about the community where Bronson Alcott moved his family briefly as an experiment in communal living.
Guide to Research: Louisa May Alcott
A bibliography, with some notes, on Alcott and her works. Many of the links aren't working at this writing.
Hospital Sketches by L. M. Alcott
A Celebration of Women Writers provides an electronic copy of Louisa May Alcott's Civil War memoir.
Orchard House - Home of the Alcotts
Find information on the home where Louisa May Alcott lived with her family, including visiting information and a virtual tour.