- Born
- 29 November 1832, 1832
- Died
- 6 March 1888, 1888
- birth name
- Louisa May Alcott
- described by source
- A Woman of the Century, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, American nursing: a biographical dictionary, The Meridian Anthology of Early American Women Writers (1st edition), Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Library of the World's Best Literature, American Women Writers, The Biographical Dictionary of America, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Encyclopedia Americana, Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- name in native language
- Louisa May Alcott
- notable work
- Little Women, An Old-Fashioned Girl, Jo's Boys, Work: A Story of Experience, Eight Cousins; or, The Aunt-Hill, Rose in Bloom, Under the Lilacs, Jack and Jill: A Village Story, Flower Fables, The Brownie and the Princess, A Modern Mephistopheles
- number of children
- 0
- pseudonym
- A. M. Barnard, Flora Fairfield, Flora Fairchild, Tribulation Periwinkle