Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Born 1938
From Sugar City, Idaho, United States · Nationality: United States · Writes nonfiction
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich is Phillips Professor of Early American History at Harvard University. Formerly a professor of American history at the University of New Hampshire, she is the author of Good Wives (1982) and numerous articles and essays on early American history. She won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1991 for A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard Based on Her Diary, 1785–1812. Born and raised in the Rocky Mountain West, she has lived in New England since 1960. During her tenure as a MacArthur Fellow, she assisted in the production of a PBS documentary based on A Midwife’s Tale. Her work is also featured on an award-winning Web site called dohistory.org. She and her husband, Gael Ulrich, are the parents of five grown children.—Random House
Books by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich in order
Books by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich in the order they were published, from A Beginner's Boston (1970) to A House Full of Females: Plural Marriage and Women's Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835-1870 (2018).
- 1A Beginner's BostonA Beginner's Boston1970
- 2Good Wives
Good Wives1982 - 3A Midwife's Tale
A Midwife's Tale1990 - 4All God's Critters Got a Place in the Choir
All God's Critters Got a Place in the Choir1995 - 5The Age of Homespun
The Age of Homespun2001 - 6Yards and Gates
Yards and Gates2002 - 7New Year in Cuba
New Year in Cuba2003 - 8Rachel's Death
Rachel's Death2004 - 9Well-behaved Women Seldom Make History
Well-behaved Women Seldom Make History2007 - 10Tangible Things
Tangible Things2014 - 11A House Full of Females: Plural Marriage and Women's Rights
A House Full of Females: Plural Marriage and Women's Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835-18702018