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Created page with "== Early Life and Family Background == Louisa May Alcott was born on November 29, 1832, in Germantown, Pennsylvania, which is now part of Philadelphia. She was the second of four daughters born to Amos Bronson Alcott, an educator and transcendentalist, and Abigail May Alcott, a social worker and advocate for women's rights. The Alcott family was deeply embedded in the intellectual and reformist circles of New England, which significantly influenced Louisa's upbringing a..."