Louisa May Alcott Photo Credit : The Art Archive/Superstock Little Women Trivia 2nd
birth order of among her four sisters
1832
year Louisa May Alcott was born
70
days it took to write
Little Women 0
initial level of interest when a Boston publisher proposed to Alcott that she write a book “for girls”
1868
year
Little Women was first published
1,000
approx. number of copies of
Little Women currently sold every month (it’s never been out of print)
50+
translations of
Little Women worldwide
22+
times the Alcott family moved in 30 years owing to financial constraints
$945
amount paid by Louisa’s father, Amos Bronson Alcott, for Orchard House in Concord, Mass., where she wrote
Little Women 30,000-50,000
number of visitors Orchard House museum receives annually