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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 By Jacey Fortin A previously unpublished piece by Louisa ...

NEW YORK — The current issue of Strand Magazine will give readers the chance to discover an obscure, unfinished work by “Little Women” author Louisa May Alcott and to provide their own conclusion to ...

Over the past twenty five years Susan Cheever has written brazenly honest biographies and memoirs, ranging in subjects from her own struggles with alcoholism, sex addiction, and motherhood to her ...

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 ...