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From: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Date: 20030101
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Louisa May Alcott

Born: November 29, 1832
Germantown, Pennsylvania
Died: March 6, 1888
Boston, Massachusetts
American writer

Louisa May Alcott is one of America's best-known writers of juvenile (intended for young people) fiction. She was also a reformer who worked to gain the right to vote for women and who opposed the drinking of alcohol.

Early poverty

Louisa May Alcott was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, on November 29, 1832. She was one of four daughters of Bronson Alcott, an educator and philosopher (one who seeks an understanding of the world and man's place in it), and ...

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