Louisa May Alcott
The author behind the popular book, Little Women, is Louisa May Alcott. The decision of this legendary writer to stay single until she died created a stir in her then-conservative culture. She was quoted after visiting her married friend as saying that her friend’s “nest” was “very sweet and lovely, but I would rather be a free spinster and paddle my own canoe.”
Louisa May Alcott
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