Louisa May Alcott, the author of “Little Women,” is born on this day in history, Nov. 29, 1832, in Philadelphia.

On this day in history, Nov. 29, 1832, Louisa May Alcott was born in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia. She was a writer who, at a time when her message contradicted with societal standards, represented free, intellectual, and independent women.

Her most well-known work, “Little Women,” which came out in 1868, has established itself as one of the most lasting and cherished stories in American literature.

On theater and film, it has been recounted several times, including in seven distinct Hollywood versions.

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Katherine Hepburn portrayed Jo March in the “Little Women” movie from 1933. Winona Ryder, Kirsten Dunst, Claire Danes, Susan Sarandon, Christian Bale, and Gabriel Byrne all appeared in the 1994 version.

Meryl Streep, Emma Watson, and Saoirse Ronan appeared in the most current adaptation, which came out in 2019.

According to the National Women’s History Museum, Alcott “developed vivid accessible characters… [and] exposed readers to educated strong female protagonists.”

Her literary style had a significant influence on American literature.

Alcott’s mother Abigail (May) was born in Boston to the illustrious Quincy and Sewall families and went on to become one of the most important suffragists and campaigners of her day. Alcott’s father, Amos Bronson Alcott, was a teacher, author, and transcendentalist philosopher.

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In 1840, the family relocated to Concord, Massachusetts, where Alcott either studied with or made friends with the city’s intellectual elite.

They included Henry David Thoreau, Julia Ward Howe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Ralph Waldo Emerson.

The financial difficulties faced by Alcott’s family included her father’s unsuccessful attempt to build a utopian society.

However, Louisa May started following her literary ambitions in 1860 by contributing to The Atlantic Monthly, which is now known as The Atlantic.

In December 1862, she joined the Union army and began working as a nurse in Washington, D.C.

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Her days were a tiring whirlwind of dressing wounds, cleaning and sewing bandages, supervising convalescent assistants, fetching bed linens, water, and pillows, helping during surgical procedures, sponging filthy, broken bodies (a shocking experience for an unmarried lady! ), writing letters on behalf of the sick and injured, and feeding those who were too weak to feed themselves, according to the National Museum of Civil War Medicine’s account of her experiences.

According to the exhibit, Alcott expressed her feelings about her experience by writing, “Though frequently homesick, heartsick & worn out, I adore it — take great pleasure in consoling, nursing & encouraging these poor creatures who seem to love me.”

After just six weeks of working as a nurse, she was forced to quit after developing typhoid and almost passing away.

With moving back to Massachusetts, Alcott resumed writing, and after the publication of “Little Women,” she achieved worldwide reputation. The autobiographical book became popular right away.

According to Britannica, the widely read American novel “Little Women” is based on the author’s memories of her own upbringing and “describes the domestic adventures of a New England family of low resources but hopeful outlook.”

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Little Men in 1871 and Jo’s Boys in 1886 were both popular sequels that came after.

“Educate yourself thoroughly. Be a part of yourself. Declare your existence to the world. Boldly go. Don’t wait for a guy. have a wealth of innovative and expansive ideas. According to the Christian Science Monitor, Alcott’s advice to women of the time was to “go to the vast mission God assigns mankind.”

After returning from her duties as a nurse during the Civil War, Alcott fought against crippling health problems.

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Biographers and contemporary academics believe she was hospitalized with mercury poisoning.

Her illnesses sparked a great deal of interest in both her era and ours, according to a 2007 study by The National Library of Medicine.

In her letters and journal entries, Alcott recorded her signs and symptoms, which also included vertigo, rheumatism, musculoskeletal pain, and skin rashes. In her later years, she also noted severe dyspepsia with obstruction-related symptoms and headaches that could have been caused by severe hypertension.

According to the same source, “We propose… that Alcott suffered from a multi-system disease, possibly originating from effects of mercury on the immune system.”

On March 5, 1888, Louisa May Alcott passed away unexpectedly in Boston following a stroke. She had just turned 55.

The National Women’s History Museum reports that “readers today still appreciate Alcott’s writings and her novels still appear on bestseller lists throughout the world.”