Louisa May Alcott called for a boycott on hiring Irish Immigrant Women as servants

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When I first read it, I thought it might be satire attacking bigotry, but the few secondary sources that reference it do not give any clue that it is.
Perhaps they mistook heavily veiled satire as A Modest Proposal?

Regardless, the idea that a minority or minority rights advocate should/must support equality for all minorities is largely a recent concept still not universally embraced among liberals or minorities.
 

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Alcott was a German Fan... @rittmeister , @Wehrkraftzersetzer , @Daring Drea ...

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I will touch the fan culture as well and how certain themes that have been repeated in the movies again and again affect the way people see Jo and Friedrich. The key ingredient in understanding Friedrich's character lies within Louisa May Alcott's love for Germany, German people, German language, German philosophy, and most importantly German literature. We might even refer Louisa May Alcott as a Germanophile, a person who has a great deal of interest towards German culture. Make sure to give a like to this video and subscribe to my channel, Small Umbrella In The Rain, for in-depth Little Women content.

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“I read one of Krummacher’s parables in German. I think they are very beautiful, the language is so elegant. I love to hear beautiful words and these stories are told so simply and are full of such sweet thought.”
 

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Louisa May Alcott, The Mysterious Key (1867)
This dime novel was written by Louisa May Alcott, best known for her novel Little Women (1868) and is one of only two known copies. Through copyright deposit the Library of Congress has accumulated a dime novel collection of nearly 40,000 titles.
 
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