On Nov. 29, 1832, Amos Bronson Alcott wrote his mother of his joy in “the birth of a second daughter on my own birthday.” Convinced of the importance of early childhood, Bronson Alcott ...

LEOMINSTER ― " No Shave November " has come and gone, but one beard in Leominster remains a permanent and bushy reminder of ...

Once out of prison, Palmer became heavily involved in prison reform and struck up a friendship with a group of creatives, including Amos Bronson Alcott and his daughter, Louisa May Alcott.

Her family lived there for 20 years after Alcott’s father, Amos Bronson Alcott, purchased it in 1857. The museum has retained 80% of its original furniture. Visitors can walk through the ...

In that decade, however, progressive reformers such as Alcott, influenced by Pestalozzi, Friedrich Fröbel, and Johann Friedrich Herbart, began to advocate compositions based on students' own ...