Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888)

Short name Louisa May Alcott
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First name Louisa May
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Alternative name A.M. Barnard
Date of birth 1832
Date of death 1888
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Place of birth United States
Place of death United States
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Bibliography MENTIONED IN: - Beauvoir, Deuxième sexe, 1949 (ed.Folio 1976, p. 99, 118) - De Vries, Een stad vol lezers 2011 Cf. - Edna H. Cheney, Louisa May Alcott: Her Life, Letters and Journals. 1889.
Provisional Notes Is 'May' forename or last name? >> forname, svd28-1-17 Her father Amos Bronson was a noted new England philosopher and part of a circle which included the poet Ralph Waldo Emerson. Het mother Abigail May was a noted advocate of women's rights and the abolition of slavery. (introduction to Little Women, ed. 2005)(SP sept 2005) She had three sisters who were the models for 'Little Women', Louisa Alcott portrayed herself as Jo. KLK 1904
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