Louisa May Alcott was an American author, born on November 29, 1832, in Germantown, Pennsylvania, and died on March 6, 1888, in Boston, Massachusetts. She was the offspring of the reformer Bronson Alcott and was raised in Transcendentalist communities in Boston and Concord, Massachusetts. She commenced writing in order to provide financial assistance to her mother and sisters. She was a passionate advocate against slavery and actively supported the abolitionist movement. During the American Civil War, she selflessly offered her services as a nurse. Unfortunately, she acquired typhoid during her time in the hospital, which had a lasting negative impact on her health. Her collection of letters, titled Hospital Sketches (1863), was the first work that gained her widespread recognition and acclaim. Following the remarkable triumph of her autobiographical work Little Women (1868–69), she ultimately managed to overcome her financial obligations. An Old-Fashioned Girl (1870), Little Men (1871), and Jo’s Boys (1886) also utilised her own knowledge as a schoolteacher.