Little Women Little Women Little Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888), which was originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869. Alcott wrote the books over several months at the request of her publisher. Following the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy—the novel details their passage from childhood to womanhood and is loosely based on the author and her three sisters. Scholars classify "Little Women" as an autobiographical or semi-autobiographical novel. "Little Women" was an immediate commercial and critical success with readers demanding to know more about the characters. Alcott quickly completed
Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly The Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly (Spanish: "Hermanitas de los Ancianos Desamparados"; Latin: "Congregatio Parvarum Sororum Senium Derelictorum"; abbreviation: "H.A.D.") is a religious institute of pontifical right whose members profess public vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience and follow the evangelical way of life in common. Members dedicated themselves to the care of the elderly. This religious institute was founded in Barbastro, Spain, in 1872, by st. Teresa of Jesus Jornet, and her collaborator Saturnino López Novoa. The sisters have houses in Africa, Europe and Latin America. The Generalate of the Congregation can