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But many of the bravest never are known, and get no praise. That does not lessen their beauty.
Louisa May Alcott
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Louisa May Alcott
Age: 55 †
Born: 1832
Born: November 29
Died: 1888
Died: March 6
Domestic Worker
Novelist
Nurse
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Germantown
Philadelphia
A. M. Barnard
Flora Fairfield
Flora Fairchild
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