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Abigail May Alcott Nieriker (July 26, 1840 – December 29, 1879) was an American artist and the youngest sister of Louisa May Alcott. She was the basis for the character Amy [ 1 ] (an anagram of May) in her sister's semi-autobiographical novel Little Women (1868).
Abigail "Abba" Alcott (née May; October 8, 1800 – November 25, 1877) was an American activist for several causes and one of the first paid social workers in the state of Massachusetts. She was the wife of transcendentalist Amos Bronson Alcott and mother of four daughters, including Civil War novelist Louisa May Alcott .
Orchard House is a historic house museum in Concord, Massachusetts, United States, opened to the public on May 27, 1912. [3] It was the longtime home of Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888) and his family, including his daughter Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888), who wrote and set her novel Little Women (1868–69) there.
These writings were collected and published in 2012, under the title My Heart Is Boundless: Writings of Abigail May Alcott, Louisa's Mother (Free Press). LaPlante also authored a dual biography of Abba May Alcott and Louisa May Alcott entitled: Marmee & Louisa: The Untold Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Mother (Free Press, 2012). [1]
Abigail Williams May (1829–1888) was an American social reformer, suffragist, and advocate for education who made contributions to the advancement of women's rights and educational policy in Massachusetts during the 19th century. She was the first cousin of the author Louisa May Alcott. [1] [2]
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Alcott and Lane collaborated on a letter which was published in the New York Evening Tribune on September 1 and soon republished elsewhere. In the article, titled "The Consociate Family Life", the duo explained their main purpose was to improve society through "simplicity in diet, plain garments, pure bathing, unsullied dwellings".
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