# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/abigail-may-alcott-nieriker
# Generated: 2026-09-02T07:06:56.216Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/abigail-may-alcott-nieriker"
name: "Abigail May Alcott Nieriker"
slug: "abigail-may-alcott-nieriker"
description: "Abigail May Alcott Nieriker was an American artist and the youngest sister of Louisa May Alcott. She was the basis for the character Amy in her sister's semi-autobiographical novel Little Women (1868). She was named after her mother, Abigail May, and first called Abba, then Abby, and finally May, which she asked to be called in November 1863 when in her twenties."
tagline: "American artist (1840-1879)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rose_Peckham_-_Abigail_May_Alcott_Nieriker_(d._1879).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1840-07-26"
deathDate: "1879-12-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.53
  momentum:             0.5140961857379768
  historical:           9.691296
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ньерикер, Эбигейл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ابيجايل ماى الكوت نيريكير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail_May_Alcott_Nieriker"
    title: "Abigail May Alcott Nieriker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail_May_Alcott_Nieriker"
    title: "Abigail May Alcott Nieriker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail_May_Alcott_Nieriker"
    title: "Abigail May Alcott Nieriker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail_May_Alcott_Nieriker"
    title: "Abigail May Alcott Nieriker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail_May_Alcott_Nieriker"
    title: "Abigail May Alcott Nieriker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail_May_Alcott_Nieriker"
    title: "Abigail May Alcott Nieriker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%91%D7%99%D7%92%D7%99%D7%9C_%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99_%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%98_%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%A8"
    title: "אביגיל מיי אלקוט ניריקר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail_May_Alcott_Nieriker"
    title: "Abigail May Alcott Nieriker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Alcott"
    title: "May Alcott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2821626"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump