Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) was an American novelist and poet best known for her novel 'Little Women' and its sequels 'Little Men' and 'Jo's Boys'. Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, Alcott grew up in New England in a family deeply committed to social reform. She was influenced early on by her parents' transcendentalist beliefs alongside her father, Amos Bronson Alcott, a noted transcendentalist ...