Louisa May Alcott Research Paper

Louisa May Alcott was writing books at the age fifteenth through fiftythree.She has wrote over 30 books in her life span. At age fifteen she wrote poems and was producing theater acts.She was asked by many people to do a book about girls and make it interesting.Alcott also went to the Civil War to be a nurse. Louisa Alcott then wrote a book called Little Woman in 1868 was the most famous book she wrote. What is Louisa May Alcott's background what happened in her childhood? Louisa Alcott was born on November,29,1832 in Germantown Pennsylvania.She had four siblings and she was the 2nd of the four. Her Father Amos Bronson Alcott created a Transcendentalist school until it went out of business and left the family into debt.Louisa had to spend
most of her life as a teacher or a servant (1850-1862) to deal with her parents emotional and financial stage.At just 15 she started to write books on what was happening in her life.She also went to the civil war to be a nurse and she got sick and left and wrote a book called Hospital Sketches. Alcott was also a supporter on woman suffrage moments. Louisa struggled with her family most of her life and it didn't stop her from being successful in life. Who all taught Louisa Alcott to write and what impacted her to become successful?
Alcott's Father Amos Bronson Taught her how to write books at his college. 1852 she wrote her first book called Rival Painters: A tale of Rome was published periodical she was making a living off it and was making more book over 2 decades(20 years).Her children books included Little Men( 1871),An old fashioned girl (1870),Eight Cousins(1875) and Jo’s Boys (1886) it wasn't as popular as little women.Alcott published some of her books under the name A.M. Barnard these lurid and violent stories was about how strong and determined woman are.Alcott's father taught her at to write at the college she was in. What determined Alcott to be a writer who supported her? Her father started a school based on Transcendentalist teaching and after 6 years it failed and left the family in horrible debt. Alcott wanted to get her family out of debt so she started doing more jobs and never had time.Alcott then wrote a book called Little Woman it took her family out of debt and she had money to live off of. Alcott's father was a big role model on her writing books because her father taught her all the steps in writing.Her family was very proud of her for writing successful books in her
lifetime. In conclusion, Alcott had many ups and downs in her lifetime but that didn't stop her from writing and helping her family get out of debt. Her father died March,4,1888 and then she dies 2 days later and there's a memorial in Concord. Such as her famous book Little Women which helped her get out of the debt and gave her a lot of money to .In my thoughts I think that Alcott had a rough life in her childhood but I think that she made the right discussion to become a writer.