Who was Louisa May Alcott? Alcott was a 19th century author who wrote many famous books, such as the Little Women book series. However, Alcott didn't start out being famous. As a child, Alcott's family lived in poverty. Although her family lived in poverty, Alcott had an extremely vivid imagination, especially for a girl in the era in which she lived. Even when she was young, Alcott's biggest dream was to become a famous author. She wrote one of her first poems at the age of eight when she saw a robin. With the money she earned from her work, Alcott hoped to one day lift her family out of poverty. Alcott was an extremely determined woman who used her determination to help lift her family out of poverty and also achieved many of her other goals in life. The Alcott family was still struggling to survive and was often forced to move from place to place. in order to find work. Bronson Alcott was an extremely educated man, but as he struggled to provide for his family, they were "impoverished and often moved like vagrants into smaller and smaller neighborhoods" (Butos). Bronson was a school teacher who believed in teaching his students more than just memorization. Because of this, he was generally out of work, leaving his growing family without an income. However, the children didn't really understand how poor they were until later in life. Alcott's family was so poor that her mother's family, a prominent Boston family, urged her mother to disown her husband. As soon as she realized how poor they were, she vowed to please her family by lifting them out of poverty. Alcott lived in an extremely poor family growing up, but she still had a good child...... middle of paper...... poverty. Works Cited Butos, Cynthia. “Louisa May Alcott.” Cengages learning. npnd Web. March 13, 2014. .Cheever, Susan. Louisa May Alcott. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2010. Print. Johnston, Norma. Louise May. New York: Four Winds Press, 1991. Print. Matteson, John. The Outcasts of Eden. New York: WW Norton and Company, 2007. Print. Meigs, Cornelia. The invincible Louise. Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1961. Print.Ruth, Amy. Louisa May Alcott. Minneapolis: Lerner Publication Company, 1999. Print. Silverthorne, Elizabeth. Louisa May Alcott. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2002. Print. Weisgall, Deborah. “The mother of all books for girls.” The American perspective. np June 11, 2012. Web. March 29 2014. .