One-hundred-and-fifty years ago, in a house in Concord, Massachusetts, Louisa May Alcott wrote one of the most beloved books in American literature, "I don't remember ever not knowing what 'Little ...

In the annals of irresponsible utopianism, few names stand out like that of Bronson Alcott. This dreamy 19th-century son of New England was a high-minded Transcendentalist and visionary teacher, and, ...

CONCORD, Mass. — A century and a half before the #MeToo movement gave women a bold, new collective voice, Louisa May Alcott was lending them her own. Society had far different expectations of women in ...

Louisa May Alcott’s novel “Little Women” may have been published in two parts across 1868 and 1869, but the sprawling family tale is anything but a sentimental period piece. One of the best-selling ...

In her new book, the historian Tiya Miles shows how formative outdoor experiences helped diverse women — from Harriet Tubman to Indigenous athletes — transcend prescribed social and gender roles. By ...

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — The author of “Little Women” may have been even more productive and sensational than previously thought. Max Chapnick, a postdoctoral teaching associate at Northeastern ...

When Louisa May Alcott died, The New York Times duly noted the passing of the highest-paid writer of the era. The author of Little Women "did not attempt to do more than she could do well, and her ...

“Aunt Nellie’s Diary” was penned by the famous author when she was only 17. It has been published for the first time in The Strand Magazine. By Jacey Fortin A previously unpublished piece by Louisa ...

Harvard historian Tiya Miles on how some of American history’s most remarkable young women forged their truest selves beyond the confines of home. A few years before the Civil War, Harriet Tubman told ...