Laurel Thatcher Ulrich | |
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Born | Laurel Thatcher July 11, 1938 Sugar City, Idaho, U.S. |
Title | 300th Anniversary University Professor, Emerita |
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Discipline | History |
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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.[1] Her approach to history has been described as a tribute to "the silent work of ordinary people".[2] 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.