Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
	Ulrich in 2017
Born	Laurel Thatcher; July 11, 1938; Sugar City, Idaho, U.S.
Nationality	American
Title	300th Anniversary University Professor, Emerita
Awards	Pulitzer Prize; Bancroft Prize;
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Utah; Simmons University; University of New Hampshire;
Academic work
Discipline	History
Sub-discipline	History of the United States; History of women; Feminist history; Microhistory; Mormonism; New England;
Institutions	University of New Hampshire; Harvard University;
Doctoral students	Sarah Pearsall
Notable works	A Midwife's Tale (1990)

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (born July 11, 1938) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian specializing in early America and the history of women, and a professor at Harvard University. Her approach to history has been described as a tribute to "the silent work of ordinary people". Ulrich has also been a MacArthur Genius Grant recipient. Her most famous book, A Midwife’s Tale, was later the basis for a PBS documentary film.

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