Louisa May Alcott was born today in 1832 in Germantown, PA. Although she achieved literary and lucrative success with
Little Women (1868–69) and its sequels as well as provided a role model for millions of women with the restless and ambitious Jo, she took a great deal of pleasure in penning her pseudonymous "blood-and-thunder" tales (see, for example,
Behind a Mask: The Unknown Thrillers of Louisa May Alcott; I wrote a few entries on these in the
Louisa May Alcott Encyclopedia and discuss her thrillers in "Lady and the Dark" in
Deadly Women). She also provided a penetrating look at caring for the wounded during the Civil War in her autobiographical
Hospital Sketches (1863). You can support the educational programs at
Orchard House—her home in Concord, MA—
here.
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