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Information About the Life and Work of Louisa May Alcott
American Novelist and Writer 1832 - 1888.
Her father Bronson Alcott was to see his daughter complete her first book
During the Civil War Louisa went to work as a nurse in a Union Hospital (1861 - 1863).
From 1867 she edited Merry's Museum,
Louisa was to produce nearly three hundred works in a variety of genres
in her lifetime.
But she will always be remembered for her novels of everyday domestic life
of which the most famous is
Louisa had taken extracts from everyday family life, incorporated some of her own life experiences, and was to go on
after the success of Little Women
Louisa died on the 6th March 1888, sadly on the same day as her Father's funeral.
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