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Louisa May Alcott. By Jillian Anderson. About Louisa. Louisa was born on November 29, 1832 in Germantown, Pennsylvania. She never got married nor had children.

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  1. Louisa May Alcott By Jillian Anderson

  2. About Louisa • Louisa was born on November 29, 1832 in Germantown, Pennsylvania. • She never got married nor had children. • Louisa died on March 6, 1888, two days after her father’s death. She is buried in the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Massachusetts.

  3. What She Has Done for Us • Louisa May Alcott wrote about 20 books that sold over the hearts over anyone reading them. Louisa wrote even when she or her sisters were deathly ill. She dedicated her life to writing. She also cleared the way for women writers. By her writing, it let other women know that they have a right to write, and they should use that right. This helped stop sexist prejudice*. She wrote books about men and women, and they sold like dynamite in her era, and even today it steals our hearts to read her books. Because of this, she is larger than life and a great influence to all women. * See next slide.

  4. 1800s Discrimination Against WOMEN • Women were very much discriminated against in the 1800s. • Laws were made that the husband owned the wife’s property after marriage. • It was considered unladylike to write books, or even write in general. • A woman’s duty was usually only to her husband and women were expected to get married. Only after marriage were women thought to be part of society.

  5. Childhood • When Louisa was young, she got to ride on one of the newest inventions: the steamboat! • She rode down the Delaware River, and when on the boat, no one could find her, until they did a search of the entire boat. She was in the engine room and was extremely dirty and covered in ash and charcoal. That did not matter to Louisa. She still thought it was the best place in the world. • Louisa’s family consists of: Bronson and Abba (her father and mother), Louisa, and her sisters Elizabeth, May, and Anna. • Louisa went to Temple School, a school talked about everywhere for having a great education. Because Little Women is based off of Louisa’s real life, this picture represents Louisa’s family.

  6. $ Adolescence • Louisa, at age 13, began to write plays, and changed schools. • Louisa was very well educated, and when Louisa was 16, in 1848 at her barn in Concord, MA, she opened a school. When she was 16, she also began to write stories, which were later published as Flower Fables. • While Louisa was growing into an adult, her family did not have much money. Because of this, she had to work at an early age (which is why she became a teacher: to earn money for her family). • Louisa easily got bored, so she wrote more exciting books. She wrote by the name of A. M. Barnard. • Louisa wrote about herself, but also other subjects.

  7. Adulthood #1 • Louisa spent most of her adulthood writing. She never married, nor had children. • In 1855, Louisa’s first book, Flower Fables, was published. One year later, a tragic thing happened: Elizabeth and May got Scarlet Fever*. Elizabeth died in 1858, the year in which Anna got engaged, and later married. • To help for her family’s money dilemma, Louisa taught in a kindergarten and was a nurse for injured soldiers during the Civil War. *See next slide.

  8. Scarlet Fever • Scarlet fever is an infection that gives you a scarlet covered rash. • In the 1800s, there were epidemics of it, and it was easily spread. • It caused many deaths of children in the 1800s. The background is the scarlet fever bacteria cells.

  9. Adulthood #2 • A man named Thomas Niles asked Louisa to write a book for girls, and thus, Little Women was born. The sequel was wrote and published in a few-month period after. • After those books were published, Louisa wrote more and more. She wrote and published An Old-Fashioned Girl, Little Men, Shawl Straps, Work, Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom, A Modern Mephistopheles, and Under the Lilacs all before May got married in 1878. That same year, May dies.

  10. Adulthood #3 • In 1882, Louisa’s father became paralyzed. • Louisa wrote Jo’s Boys in 1885, and in 1888, though she was deathly ill, she wrote and published A Garland for Girls. Her father, Bronson, died on March 4. Louisa died two days later, on March 6. You can see her grave at the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in MA, and you can check out her books at any library near you.

  11. President Andrew Jackson President Andrew Jackson was president when Louisa was born. Andrew Jackson was born in 1767 and died in 1845. He came to office in 1829, and was in office until 1837. He was a democrat from South Carolina. Before he became president, he was a tailor.

  12. Interview with Louisa May Alcott • How did you feel when your sisters had gotten Scarlet Fever? • What encouraged you to write so many books? • I’m sure you have inspired many girls to write and enjoy writing. Do you have any advice for writers out there?

  13. Bibliography • Grace. "Woman Making History #67." What If No One's Watching. Grace. Web. 3 May 2010. <noonewatching.com/archives/2007/01/>. • Stephen. "A Peek Into a Girl’s Book: Little Women and Traditional Womanhood «." The Heritage American. The Heritage American, 22 Nov. 2008. Web. 03 May 2010. <http://heritageamerican.wordpress.com/2008/11/22/a-peek-into-a-girl%E2%80%99s-book-little-women-and-traditional-womanhood/>. • "Scarlet Fever." KidsHealth - the Web's Most Visited Site about Children's Health. The Nemour's Foundation, 1995-2010. Web. 04 May 2010. <http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/scarlet_fever.html>. • "Scarlet Fever - Poor Beth, A Sore Throat That Gets Worse, Scarlet Fever in History." Human Diseases and Conditions. Advameg, Inc, 2010. Web. 04 May 2010. <http://www.humanillnesses.com/original/Pre-Sei/Scarlet-Fever.html>. • "Women - The Right to Vote." Congress for Kids - Interactive, Fun-filled Experiences About the Federal Government. The Dirkson Constitutional Center, 2008. Web. 05 May 2010. <http://www.congressforkids.net/Constitution_righttovote.htm>. • Sullivan, Ewan. "Louisa May Alcott's Gravestone." Flickr. Yahoo! Inc., 2010. Web. 05 May 2010. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/ewan_osullivan/463522832/>. • "The Louisa May Alcott Collection." Buy- Ebook. Buy-Ebook.com, 05 May 2010. Web. 05 May 2010. <http://www.buy-ebook.com/louisa_may_alcott/>. • "Little Women - Louisa May Alcott." Audiobooks, Audio Books, Mp3 Books, Audible Digital Download Books. Audiobooksonline.com, 2010. Web. 05 May 2010. <http://www.audiobooksonline.com/1589971248.html>.

  14. Bibliography 2 • GrafiQa. "Delaware River." Catskills Region. Catskill Association for Tourism Services, 2007. Web. 06 May 2010. <http://www.visitthecatskills.com/press.php>. • "Little Men." Ruby Lane. Ruby Lane Inc., 1998-2010. Web. 06 May 2010. <http://www.rubylane.com/shops/tapestrycollectibles/item/BK648>. • Bottlesena. "Scarlet Fever." Glogster. Glogster, 2010. Web. 06 May 2010. <http://bottelsena.glogster.com/Scarlet-Fever/>. • "Scientific Giants in History." Hydrogen Super Highway. Justin Eric Sutton & The Interstate Traveler Company, LLC, 6 Oct. 2009. Web. 06 May 2010. <http://www.interstatetraveler.us/Reference-Bibliography/Scientific_Giants_in_history.htm>. • "Jo’s Boys – Louisa May Alcott." NBPL Teen Book Blog. WordPress.com, 27 Nov. 2009. Web. 07 May 2010. <http://nbplteenbookblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/jos-boys-louisa-may-alcott/>. • "Alcott, Louisa May." ANTIQBOOK. Antiqbook and Respective Booksellers. Web. 07 May 2010. <http://www.antiqbook.com/books/asearch.phtml?author=Alcott,%20Louisa%20May>. • Meigs, Cornelia. Invincible Louisa. New York City: Little, Brown & Company, 1933. Print.

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