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Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott. By: Kate Barlock & Brancifort. Early Life. Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania in November 29, 1832 1834 she moved to Boston, Massachusetts, then later to Concord Grew up with t ranscendentalists influences from father’s associates

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Louisa May Alcott

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  1. Louisa May Alcott By: Kate Barlock& Brancifort

  2. Early Life • Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania in November 29, 1832 • 1834 she moved to Boston, Massachusetts, then later to Concord • Grew up with transcendentalists influences from father’s associates • Alcott’s mother, Abigail May, was a Christian women who was a rights activist and an abolitionist • Alcott’s father, Amos Bronson, was a social reformer, philosopher, teacher, and member of the Transcendentalist Club

  3. Education • Raised by her transcendentalist father • Family friends influenced her • Emerson, Thoreau, Margaret Fuller and Nathaniel Hawthorne • Attended a small school briefly, but was mostly homeschooled • Influenced religiously by her Christian mother • Learned of many social reform movements from her mother

  4. Beginning of Movement: Women’s Suffrage • Demands for women’s suffrage began in 1848 • Seneca Falls convention jump-started the movement • Rejected Victorian domesticity, which separated women and men in society. • Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were prominent supporters of women’s suffrage and rights • Became extremely popular by 1910 • By 1920, the 19th amendment passed, granting women the right to vote

  5. Contribution: Women’s suffrage • Alcott’s mother supported women’s rights as well and got Louisa involved • Wrote for "The Woman's Journal" in her later life, a paper supporting women’s rights • Encourage women to register for voting, going door to door in Concord • Relentlessly encouraged voting, even though she had little time to contribute otherwise • Died before the19th amendment passed, but never tired of the movement • Made her female characters embody independence and intelligence

  6. Contributions: abolistionist • Believed slavery was wrong • Inherited some beliefs from mother and father, they influenced her • Her mother introduced her to the abolitionist movement and was the one who started her involvement • Because of their poverty Louisa and some of her siblings would go with them on trips they made to help others • She showed her beliefs through her writings • 1847- She had housed a fugitive slave for one week

  7. Effects • Brought women to vote in Concord • Influenced and supported all those who read “The Women’s Journal”

  8. Bibliography • Images: • http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/alco-lou.htm (what we think) • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_May_Alcott (first slide)

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