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No. 7: ‘Little Women’ author Alcott spent part of her childhood in a utopian community

Louisa May Alcott is famous for her novels, such as "Little Women," but her father, Amos Bronson Alcott, was well-known in his time for founding the Transcendentalist utopian community Fruitlands. The communal experiment lasted for only about six months, from June to December 1843, and was located in