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L OUISA M AY A LCOTT By: Kate Barlock & Brancifort

E ARLY L IFE Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania in November 29, she moved to Boston, Massachusetts, then later to Concord Grew up with transcendentalists influences from father’s associates Alcott’s mother, Abigail May, was a Christian women who was a rights activist and an abolitionist Alcott’s father, Amos Bronson, was a social reformer, philosopher, teacher, and member of the Transcendentalist Club

E DUCATION Raised by her transcendentalist father Family friends influenced her Emerson, Thoreau, Margaret Fuller and Nathaniel Hawthorne Attended a small school briefly, but was mostly homeschooled Influenced religiously by her Christian mother Learned of many social reform movements from her mother

B EGINNING OF M OVEMENT : W OMEN ’ S S UFFRAGE Demands for women’s suffrage began in 1848 Seneca Falls convention jump-started the movement Rejected Victorian domesticity, which separated women and men in society. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were prominent supporters of women’s suffrage and rights Became extremely popular by 1910 By 1920, the 19 th amendment passed, granting women the right to vote

C ONTRIBUTION : W OMEN ’ S SUFFRAGE Alcott’s mother supported women’s rights as well and got Louisa involved Wrote for "The Woman's Journal" in her later life, a paper supporting women’s rights Encourage women to register for voting, going door to door in Concord Relentlessly encouraged voting, even though she had little time to contribute otherwise Died before the19 th amendment passed, but never tired of the movement Made her female characters embody independence and intelligence

C ONTRIBUTIONS : ABOLISTIONIST Believed slavery was wrong Inherited some beliefs from mother and father, they influenced her Her mother introduced her to the abolitionist movement and was the one who started her involvement Because of their poverty Louisa and some of her siblings would go with them on trips they made to help others She showed her beliefs through her writings She had housed a fugitive slave for one week

E FFECTS Brought women to vote in Concord Influenced and supported all those who read “The Women’s Journal”

B IBLIOGRAPHY Images: (what we think) (first slide)