Louisa May Alcott, American author, was born on November 29, 1832, making today the 184th anniversary of her birthday. Alcott is most known for her novelLittle Women，但她发表在她的一生中许多其他的文字作品。她更受欢迎的作品，像Little Women, were written for the child and young adult audiences, but Alcott also wrote for adult audiences. Alcott also lent her voice and influence to the women’s suffrage movement, and other issues. In recent years, her life and work have been studied for its value to the feminist movement. Alcott is an extraordinary woman who lived a life on her own terms and is worth remembering.
长大后，奥尔科特和她的三个姐妹被他们的父亲在家里在宾夕法尼亚州的教育。她接触到爱默生，梭罗和富勒，谁是她父亲的朋友的喜欢。这很可能对年轻人奥尔科特的影响。她开始了她的童年写剧本。
Her father, Amos Bronson Alcott, was an idealistic thinker involved in the transcendentalist movement. He attempted to start a utopian society, which was unsuccessful. Alcott later wrote about this in a satirical short storyTranscendental Wild Oats.她父亲的非传统观念和厌恶就业和金钱带来的家庭困难。年轻的奥尔科特把工作作为教师，导师和家庭的仆人在不同的时间，以帮助支持家庭。
在内战期间，奥尔科特在1862年曾在华盛顿特区的一名护士这个经历给了她为她的小说背景医院草图。
Throughout her adult life, even into her final years, Alcott was able to support herself from her writing, also working as a teacher. She also published a sequel toLittle Women(which was a two-volume novel),Little Men.奥尔科特在美国马萨诸塞州1888年3月6日死亡。
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