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Bronson Alcott spent most of his life putting philosophical theories and progressive education principles into the numerous school experiments that he created, namely the briefly successful Temple School in Boston. The next step in the evolution was…

Abigail May Alcott (October 8, 1800 – November 25, 1877) was a social reformer, abolitionist, author, and advocate for women's rights. Abigail was the wife of transcendentalist philosopher Bronson Alcott and mother to four daughters, including…

Bronson Alcott and Ralph Waldo Emerson were not just two of the leading thinkers of the American Transcendentalist movement, but they were also close friends. It was the genius of Emerson that attracted Alcott to Concord, Massachusetts.

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Bronson Alcott's compassionate emphasis on plant-based diets and his progressive teaching philosophies inspired students across the pond to open Alcott House, an experimental school in London constructed on theories and philosophies that Alcott built…

Amos Bronson Alcott was born in Wolcott, Connecticut on November 29, 1799.

Alcott educated himself and became one of the leading figures of New England Transcendentalism.

He infused transcendentalist ideas into a conversational style teaching…

Charles Lane was an English-American Transcendentalist. Lane admired Alcott's philosophy of teaching and when Alcott traveled to England to drum up support for what would become the Fruitlands experiment, Lane was on board. Alcott was too broke to…

Observations on the Principles and Methods of Infant Instruction was the first standalone work published by A.B. Alcott.

The essay was issued in the form of a pamphlet in 1830 when Alcott was teaching in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Little Women is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Louisa May Alcott. This American classic is loosely based on Louisa May's early years of "growing up Alcott." Her family, short-lived experience of life on the Utopian commune Fruitlands, and…

Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American writer best known for her novel Little Women.

Born in New England, she is the second daughter of Transcendentalist parents Amos Bronson and Abigail Alcott.

Louisa May's…

Here is a look inside one of the rooms at Fruitlands. The goal of the agrarian commune Fruitlands was to create a pacifistic utopia wherein residents could live, work, think, and exist with nature. Members of Fruitlands were strict vegans who wore…