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Alcott

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Alcott, (Amos) Bronson 1799-1888; U.S. philosopher and educational reformer
Alcott, Louisa May 1832-88; U.S. novelist: daughter of (Amos) Bronson

See Alcott in American Heritage Dictionary 4

American educator and transcendentalist philosopher who maintained that learning should be based on pleasure and imagination instead of discipline.

, Louisa May 1832-1888.

American writer and reformer best known for her largely autobiographical novel Little Women (1868-1869).

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