Juanita Brooks | |
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| Born | January 15, 1898 Bunkerville, Nevada, United States |
| Died | August 26, 1989 (aged 91) St. George, Utah, United States |
| Occupation | Historian, author |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Leonard Ernest Pulsipher, Sr., 1919–1921 William Brooks, 1933–1970 |
Juanita Pulsipher Brooks[1] (January 15, 1898 – August 26, 1989) was an American historian and author, specializing in the American West and Mormon history.[2] Her most notable contribution was her book related to the Mountain Meadows Massacre, to which her grandfather Dudley Leavitt was sometimes linked, and which caused tension between her and the church authorities. She also made significant archival contributions in the form of collected pioneer diaries documenting early Mormon history in the Dixie, Utah area.
- ^ Her name was spelled Waneta on census rolls when she was a child. (1910 NV Census, p68B:70)
- ^ Scanlon, Jennifer; Cosner, Shaaron (December 6, 1996). American Women Historians, 1700s-1990s: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313296642 – via Google Books.