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Alcott, Louisa May
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Compares the lives of Alcott and her teacher-father.
http://www.nps.gov/mima/wayside/Alcott.htm
A brief biography.
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Little Women, Louisa May Alcott: About the Author Louisa and her family moved to Boston, Massachusetts where her father pursued his teaching career by setting up the Temple School. Bronson Alcott was well known for his controversial teaching methods which relied more on student involvement and a belief...A collection of links geared toward classroom teachers.
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Louisa May Alcott Teacher Resource File You will find more authors at Children and Young Adults Authors Illustrators Page update 7/12/02 Biography E-texts Bibliography ERIC Resources Lesson Plans] See also: Amos Bronson Alcott Biography All Alcott; The Louisa May Alcott Web Page Great site. I Hear...Concise overview of the author and her works.
http://www.empirezine.com/spotlight/alcott/alcott.htm
Examines Alcott's Little Women in light of the author's own life. Includes detailed look at Alcott's upbringing.
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Louisa May Alcott, domestic goddess Alcott is perhaps most famous for writing Little Women 1868) a novel which is partially autobiographical and has shaped the way many women since the Victorian era have defined womanhood, family, and girlhood. Since the early 1970's, the public has...Collection from About.com.
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/qu/blqualco.htm
Academic essay by Susan Laird explores education and child-rearing in Alcott's Little Women.
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/EPS/PES-Yearbook/93_docs/LAIRD.HTM
Short biography and listing of Alcott's works.
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L. M. Alcott Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z by birthday from the calendar. Credits...Thomas Hampson's coverage of the entire Alcott family.
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Renowned for her classic novels LITTLE WOMEN and LITTLE MEN, Louisa May Alcott's passion for literature and the intellectual life were shaped in the bosom of her family. One of four daughters of the prominent Transcendentalist and pioneering educational innovator,...Pictures, location, and directions to the place where she is buried with biographical information, photograph, and interactive visitor comments. From Find A Grave.
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Find A Grave Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials Best known for writing the book Little Women She died two days after her father, A. Bronson Alcott, as a result of mercury poisoning from a drug used earlier in her life to treat typhoid.Cause of death: Mercury PoisoningSearch Amazon.com...