Amos
Bronson Alcott ( 1799 – 1888) was an American
teacher, writer, philosopher, and reformer. As an educator, Alcott pioneered
new ways of interacting with young students, focusing on a conversational
style, and avoided traditional punishment. He hoped to perfect the human spirit
and, to that end, advocated a vegan diet before the term was coined.
He was also an abolitionist and an advocate for women's rights. Of his four
daughters, the second Louisa
May, fictionalized her
experience with the family in her novel Little
Women in 1868.
