Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Alcott, Louisa May

ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY, an American author, daughter of the preceding, born in Germantown, Pa., Nov. 29, 1832; wrote at an early age, &ldquo;Little Women&rdquo; (1868), &ldquo;Little Men&rdquo; (1871), &ldquo;Old-Fashioned Girl,&rdquo; &ldquo;Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag,&rdquo; &ldquo;Rose in Bloom,&rdquo; and many others of like character and popularity. She died in Boston, Mass., March 6, 1888.