By Inspire Literary Group. Louisa May Alcott: A Literary Luminary's OriginsBorn on November 29, 1832, in Germantown, Pennsylvania, Louisa May Alcott's brilliance was shaped by the intellectual legacy of her father, Amos Bronson Alcott, and the social activism of her mother, Abigail May Alcott. In a family that held education and justice in high regard, Louisa's formative years laid the foundation for her remarkable literary career.