Part of "Little Women's" popularity stems from its semiautobiographical nature, but Louisa May Alcott was far more revolutionary and fascinating than even the beloved Jo March.

Alcott gradually began publishing under her own name, and then "Little Women" took off beyond her wildest expectations: "It wasn't just little girls reading the book; everybody was reading it, so ...

Louisa May Alcott inspired generations of girls with her own portrait in “Little Women” as rowdy, moody Jo March, who wished she had been born a boy, loved to run Alcott was 'Jo,' but there ...

His Little Women By Judith Rossner Summit, 366 pages, $19.95 On the surface, authors Louisa May Alcott and Judith Rossner would seem to have little in common, either historically or stylistically. … ...

Louisa May Alcott was known to publish under various names throughout her writing career, but this discovery marks the first time any new pseudonym has been linked to Alcott since the 1940s.