Louisa May Alcott was known for writing Little Women, a novel loosely based on her childhood experiences with her three sisters. She wrote many poems, short stories, thrillers, and plays using multiple pen names. Some of her plays were presented in Boston playhouses.
Born - November 29, 1832
Died - March 6, 1888
Little Women - About the Author
From the American Studies department at the University of Virginia
Louisa May Alcott Biography
From Biography.com
Louisa May Alcott
From the Louisa May Alcott Memorial Association
Louisa May Alcott Biography
From Notable Biographies.com
The Woman Behind Little Women
Special encore broadcast in honor of "Little Women on Masterpiece" and "The Great American Read" on PBS. Video link to view movie on the website.
Louisa May Alcott Biography
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Louisa May Alcott Activities and Lessons
Collection of lesson plans, web links, and texts of Louisa May Alcott from Read Write Think
Looking at Life in Concord
Looking at life in Concord, MA through the eyes of the Alcott and March sisters. Lesson plan and worksheet download. Grade 3
Louisa May Alcott: Her Life, Her Times And Her Literature
A unit study from Yale University that focuses on how Louisa May Alcott's family upbringing shaped her writing. The article shows how she had a tendency to write characters based on her own relatives.
Portraits Visual and Written
Lesson plan on Samuel Clemens and Louisa May Alcott from Smithsonian in Your Classroom
Louisa May Alcott Memorial - Orchard House
Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House, home of Little Women, is a historic house museum owned and operated by the Louisa May Alcott Memorial Association.
An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving by Louisa May Alcott, 1881
Return to the perspective of giving thanks from a time before television, telephones, and the internet to keep us connected with the rest of the world
