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
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History, New York Times reviewed, Women, Biography, Material culture, Mormons, biography, New england, social conditions, Nonfiction, Social conditions, Women, biography, Women, history, 305.42/0974, 974.1/6 b, American National characteristics, Ballard, martha, Ballard, martha , 1735-1812, Biographies, Biography & Autobiography, Catalogs, Church of jesus christ of latter-day saints, Civilization, Civilization, history, Clothing and dress, Condiciones sociales, Conditions socialesPlaces
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Christine de Pisan (ca. 1364-ca. 1431), Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902), Martha Ballard (1735-1812), Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)ID Numbers
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