Abigail May Alcott (1800–1877)
Auteur van My Heart Is Boundless: Writings of Abigail May Alcott, Louisa's Mother
Werken van Abigail May Alcott
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Algemene kennis
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- May, Abby
- Geboortedatum
- 1800-10-08
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1877-11-25
- Graflocatie
- Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts, USA
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Concord, Massachusetts, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Concord, Massachusetts, USA
- Opleiding
- tutor
- Beroepen
- social worker
suffragist
temperance activist
abolitionist - Relaties
- LaPlante, Eve (great-niece)
Alcott, Louisa May (daughter)
Alcott, Bronson (husband) - Organisaties
- Transcendentalism
Leden
Besprekingen
Statistieken
- Werken
- 2
- Leden
- 45
- Populariteit
- #340,917
- Waardering
- 4.7
- Besprekingen
- 2
- ISBNs
- 5
- Favoriet
- 1
The only other book on Abba is The Transcendental Wife by Cynthia Barton, a book not widely published, but an invaluable contribution to the collection of lit on the Alcotts.
Abba is hardly the ideal 'Marmee' but she worked hard to get more education than what was common for young women at that time (with the help of her older brother Samuel). She was passionate about causes such as abolition, but marriage to Bronson and the resulting domestic duties dimmed this somewhat. She was, as women were once, constantly pregnant, and Bronson's idealism and eccentricity often kept them poor and moving fairly frequently (a current thought now is that Bronson was bi-polar). She was long-suffering and loyal, and loved her children; she was prone to depression (whether organic or situational, one can only guess), but continued to read and work for causes as she could. One cannot help but wonder what a powerhouse this woman would have been had she not married.… (meer)