Louisa May Alcott was born November 29, 1832. She was an American novelist and poet. Eventually, she became best known as the author of the novel Little Women. Louisa May Alcott was raised by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott, in New England. Louisa also happen to grow up near multiple widely-known intellectuals and transcendentalists of the day, such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. However, Louisa May Alcott assisted in supporting the family during a time of a financial crisis. In addition, she pursued writing. In the 1860 Alcott began receiving credit for her works. Alcott was an abolitionist and a feminist who stressed that women should have equal rights and she remained
