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 Harvard, about 35 miles northwest of Boston. The community was designed to reject worldly activity and to operate self-sufficiently. Property was shared, and members didn't produce more food or good

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 Harvard, about 35 miles northwest of Boston. The community was designed to reject worldly activity and to operate self-sufficiently. Property was shared, and members didn't produce more food or good…