Changemaker 8: Louisa May Alcott

Written By Dr Caroline Schroeter

Today’s changemaker is Louisa May Alcott. Born in 1832, she is the celebrated author of 30+ books, including Little Women (1868). She was a nurse during the Civil War.

Alcott’s family were prominent abolitionists and their home “Orchard House” in Concord, MA was a stop on the Underground Railroad. She was a friend of Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Julia Ward Howe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, as well as Henry David Thoreau and his sister Sophia, a passionate abolitionist and activist.

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Dr Caroline Schroeter https://www.cinematicslavenarratives.com
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