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| | Today in History: November 29 |
 | | "November is the most disagreeable month in the whole year," said Margaret, standing at the window one dull afternoon, looking out at the frostbitten garden. |
 | | On November 29, 1832, Amos Bronson Alcott wrote his father-in-law of his joy in "the birth of a second daughter on my own birth-day." Convinced of the importance of early childhood, Bronson Alcott continued to keep a daily journal of each of his four daughters' growth and activities. |
 | | On November 29, 1799, Amos Bronson Alcott, educator, philosopher of American Transcendentalism, and father of the original "Little Women"—Anna, Louisa, Elizabeth, and May Alcott—was born in Wolcott, Connecticut. |
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