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Louisa May Alcott was an American author. She wrote the popular novel “Little Women”. Alcott is the daughter of a transcendentalist. In her early years, Louisa was often taught by her father and grew up in the company of Henry David Thoreau. Alcott’s family was poor so she decided to work to make money. At sixteen years old, she wrote plays and a book. Some of her works were being published in the Atlantic Monthly which is a journal of news. Nevertheless, some of her writings were published pseudonymously because she thought that she still had to grow as a writer and be fully committed to become one. During the Civil War, she worked as a nurse in Washington D.C. She also did jobs like sewing, teaching, and housework. When Louisa produced the first volume of “Little Women” and it became a success, her family had enough money to live a comfortable life. It was during this time that she became a reformer to speak about the dangers of drinking alcohol and worked in an organized women’s suffrage. Louisa maintained a good rhythm of writing. She wrote books almost every year and had a stable amount of readers. Her first published book was called “Flower Fables” and she only received thirty five dollars from the publisher. Also, Alcott went on a Europe tour and a few journeys to New York, but she mostly took care of her mother back in Boston. Lastly, Louisa died on March 6, 1888 in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Little Women- is the first book of the Little Women Trilogy. It talks about the life of the four March sisters. This book talks about the sister’s progress and development from childhood to womanhood. The genre of the book is Coming-of-Age, sentimental, novel, comedy, and romance.

Little Men- is the second book of the Little Women Trilogy. It talks about the life of Jo, her husband, and the students of the school that they run. This book also focuses on the characters and the continuation of the previous book. The genre of the book is fiction, adventure, and morality.

An Old Fashioned Girl- talks about a character named Polly Milton. She is an old fashioned girl who visits her friend in the city. She is surprised and affected by the urban lifestyle that the people lived there. The genre of the book is drama, novel, fiction, and comedy.

Jo’s Boys- is about the characters Jo and her husband (from the book “Little Women”) turning her mansion into a boarding school where boys and girls stay in. The genre of this book is fiction.

Eight Cousins- is the story of the character, Rose Campbell, a lonely girl who has been orphaned. She has to live with her maiden great aunts who are the heads of the wealthy Boston family. Throughout the story, Rose becomes happier and finds her place in a family with seven boy cousins. This story focuses on friendship that Rose develops with the cousins. The genre of the book is fiction and coming-of-age.

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This artifact shows a page of the Woman’s Journal. It specifically talks about the parade struggles to victory for the women’s right to vote. I chose this artifact because it represents Louisa May Alcott. She was part of the Women’s Suffrage movement. More than that, her mom was a big supporter of the women’s suffrage so that inspired Alcott a lot. It is known that women, in the 1930s, had very little opportunity in society. Also, Louisa wrote for the “Woman’s Journal” and encouraged women to vote for their equal rights. She fought for women's right to vote. In fact, she was the first woman to vote in Concord in the state of Massachusetts. Furthermore, Massachusetts passed a law permitting women the right to vote in town election issues involving children and education in 1879. The men who sat in the legislature (lawmaking branch of a government) thought that women, especially mothers, had a particular comprehension and interest in educational situations. Louisa tried to encourage women as much as she could to make them register and vote for the next election. Alcott took this extremely seriously. She persuaded others by arranging reading groups to talk about the importance of voting and creating petitions to support the women to vote. She also went door-to-door suggesting women to register and held meetings at her house to instruct new registrants how to cast a ballot. Lastly, although only seven women cast their votes for the school committee, her efforts are seen, still to this day, as a great inspiration to women in the world.

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Alcott, Louisa May. “Little Men.” Short Stories and Classic Literature, https://americanliterature.com/author/louisa-may-alcott/book/little-men/summary.

Alcott, Louisa May. “Eight Cousins.” Short Stories and Classic Literature, https://americanliterature.com/author/louisa-may-alcott/book/eight-cousins/summary.

“Concord Women Cast First Votes.” John Brown Speaks in Concord, https://www.massmoments.org/moment-details/concord-women-cast-first-votes.html.

“Louisa May Alcott.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 6 Nov. 2019, https://www.biography.com/writer/louisa-may-alcott.

“Louisa May Alcott Biography.” Encyclopedia of World Biography, https://www.notablebiographies.com/A-An/Alcott-Louisa-May.html.