Louisa May Alcott was born on November 29, 1832[1], in Germantown[2]. She died on March 6, 1888[3], in Boston[4]. She worked as a writer[5], nurse[6], poet[7], novelist[8], and children's writer[9]. She ranks in the top 0.51% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,186 views/month, #5,098 of 1,000,298).[10]
Notable work: Little Women[23], An Old-Fashioned Girl[24], Jo's Boys[25], Work: A Story of Experience[26], Eight Cousins; or, The Aunt-Hill[27], Rose in Bloom[28], Under the Lilacs[29], Jack and Jill: A Village Story[30], Flower Fables[31], The Brownie and the Princess[32], A Modern Mephistopheles[33]
Pseudonym: A. M. Barnard[52], Flora Fairfield[53], Flora Fairchild[54], Tribulation Periwinkle[55]
Official website: https://louisamayalcott.org/[56]
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Things named for Louisa May Alcott include Alcott[62].
Why It Matters
Louisa May Alcott has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[63] She is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[64]
Works attributed to her include Little Women[65], a literary work[66]; Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo’s Boys[67], a literary work[68]; Jo's Boys[69], a literary work[70]; Eight Cousins; or, The Aunt-Hill[71], a literary work[72]; An Old-Fashioned Girl[73], a literary work[74]; and Jack and Jill: A Village Story[75], a literary work[76]. Entities named for her include Alcott[62].
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Louisa May Alcott's place of birth was Germantown[2].
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