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 ...

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 ...

Author Louisa May Alcott, who portrayed liberated, thoughtful and independent women at a time when her message conflicted with social norms, was born in the Germantown section of Philadelphia on this ...

“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 By Jacey Fortin A previously unpublished piece by Louisa ...

An illustration and title page to the book Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott, appear in an 1869 edition of the book at Orchard House, in Concord, Mass. Since "Little Women" was published 150 years ...

See, I’ve known for a while that Louisa May Alcott (yes, the Little Women Alcott) had a secret. Somewhere along the way – maybe in the footnotes of a college textbook or a meandering literary podcast ...

Lucinda Robb is a director for the National Archives Foundation and was a founding board member for the Fairfax Library Foundation. Louisa May Alcott was a runner. Of the many fascinating details that ...

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 ...

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 ...

A few years ago, two ribbon-tied packets of letters were discovered in a secret niche inside a Victorian writing desk in Lexington, Massachusetts. The find revealed a stunning friendship between Emily ...