Alcott
Americannoun
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(Amos) Bronson 1799–1888, U.S. educator and philosopher.
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his daughter Louisa May, 1832–88, U.S. author.
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a first name.
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Alcott knew things rarely turn out the way you imagine them and the chasm between what you pictured and what you plated is the story.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
The city posted an advisory for the immediate area around Alcott Place and Ridgeway Avenue, near Beacon Hill Park.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025
Although not in the race itself, Alcott wanted to experience tobogganing head-first down the polished track, which covers 1.2km from St Moritz to Celerina.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2024
Another Alcott scholar at Kansas State, Anne Phillips, said she was “excited” by Chapnick’s scholarship and said his paper makes a “compelling case” that these were her writings.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2024
Some of the reading had been wonderful; the Louisa Alcott books for example.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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