Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known for her classic novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels, drawing from her own childhood experiences with her sisters. An abolitionist, feminist, and activist in temperance and women's suffrage movements, she served as a Civil War nurse, suffered lifelong health issues, and raised her sister's daughter in her later years. She died from a stroke in Boston just two days after her father, at age 55.[1][2][3]