A House Full of Females by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

She is the 300th Anniversary University Professor at Harvard University and resides in Cambridge, Mass. Ulrich argues that this system was both complicated and empowering for the women in these relationships.Īmong Ulrich’s other books is Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History (2008, Vintage).

Her newest release is A House Full of Females: Plural Marriage and Women’s Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835-1870, published in January by Knopf.

Arrington Chair of Mormon History and Culture, “is as influential a historian as we have in the nation now.” Ulrich, said Philip Barlow, a history professor who holds USU’s Leonard J. Since that Pulitzer Prize winning book, Ulrich has earned a reputation as what The New York Times describes as “a historian’s historian.” Ulrich gained international renown with the 1991 book, A Midwife’s Tale, which introduced us to the 18th-century healer Martha Ballard of Maine. Some of the historical photographs used in the lecture are from the USU Merrill-Cazier Library’s Special Collections. The diaries were originally transcribed and edited by George Ellsworth, a former USU professor, alongside other editors. Ulrich’s lecture, titled “’What a Life of Wandering’: Insights from the Diary of Caroline Crosby,” focuses on the writings of a Mormon pioneer woman. The lecture is free and open to students and the community. A reception and book signing will follow at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, in the Taggart Student Center auditorium. Her lecture is also sponsored by the Tanner Talks Series in the College of Humanities and Social Science. The appearance by Ulrich, author of “The Midwife’s Tale” as well as a new book that looks at women in early Mormon polygamy, is part of the Department of History’s recognition of Women’s History Month. Pulitzer Prize-winner Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, who reminded us that “well-behaved women seldom make history,” brings her insight and wisdom about women’s history to Utah State University on March 15. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Brings Insights into Women's History to USU Lecture on March 15įor more information on the Tanner Talks series and upcoming speakers, visit

A House Full of Females by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich