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Welcome to the Louisa May Alcott Society!

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Formed in 2005, the Louisa May Alcott Society offers the opportunity for readers, fans, and scholars to study and appreciate the life and works of Louisa May Alcott. An American Literature Association-allied organization, the Alcott Society sponsors panels and other activities at its annual meetings. To join or to make a donation, just click  here . You can also follow us on Twitter at @AlcottSociety .  For more information about the Society, please contact the Society President at louisamayalcottsociety@gmail.com . For information about other Alcott-focused entities, including Orchard House, the Concord museum and home of the Alcotts, the Facebook group dedicated to Alcott, and other resources, please visit our page of Alcott Studies Links . 
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If you missed the Celebrating Alcott event...

 Thanks to all who joined our Celebrating Alcott event on November 30. If you were not able to attend, the link to the recording will be available for the next few months. https://lcsc.zoom.us/rec/share/StuUlQ3rA5QZsp_ClL_wFRXZPQtmcuoHdI24LbQHsn6v6xHko3MFPTp0UfAvkn0x.fSSbZ1rRo8Y842Fs
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CFP for American Literature Association Conference

Call for Papers:  The Louisa May Alcott Society is sponsoring two panels at the  American Literature Association Conference  May 20-23, 2026  Chicago, Illinois.   I. Alcott and Europe  While the work of Louisa May Alcott makes an important contribution to nineteenth-century conversations about nation-building, democracy, and citizenship in America, Alcott also represents varied and complex ideas about international identities and perspectives. For this panel, we invite papers that consider Alcott and Alcott studies in a transatlantic rather than purely national context. The focus of this panel is Alcott and Europe, conceived broadly. In Shawl-Straps, the lightly fictionalized account of her European travels with May Alcott and Alice Barton, Louisa May Alcott offered an enticing invitation to would-be travelers, encouraging them to try the Grand Tour for themselves: “Bring home empty trunks if you will, but heads full of new and larger ideas, hearts r...
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Celebrating Alcott, November 30, 2025

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You are invited to our annual virtual celebration! Celebrating Alcott! Join us for a virtual celebration on November 30 at 12 pm PST / 1 pm MST / 2 pm CST / 3 pm EST.   Featuring speakers Lauren Hehmeyer, editor of   Beyond Little Women: The Secondary Works of Louisa May Alcott   and Liz Rosenberg, editor of   A Strange Life: Selected Essays of Louisa May Alcott   This one-hour event will be held on Zoom:   https://lcsc.zoom.us/j/7967888338 .   For more information, contact Marlowe Daly-Galeano at   hmdalygaleano@lcsc.edu  
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