Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, “Huddling Together: Rethinking the Position of Women in Early Mormonism"
Channel: Maxwell Institute
Date: 02/07/2017

A Maxwell Institute Guest Lecture—March 14, 2017

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s new book "A House Full of Females" retells the story of early Mormonism through the eyes of early Mormon women and other lesser-known figures. The Pulitzer Prize winning historian says women’s voices often “trouble the old stories” many Latter-day Saints are familiar with today. 

In celebration of Women’s History Month, the Maxwell Institute sponsored this lecture by Dr. Ulrich in partnership with the BYU Women’s Study Program and BYU’s Department of History. “Huddling Together: Rethinking the Position of Women in Early Mormonism."

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich was born in Sugar City, Idaho. She holds degrees from the University of New Hampshire, University of Utah, and Simmons College. She is 300th Anniversary University Professor at Harvard University and past president of the American Historical Association. Her book "A Midwife’s Tale" received a Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize. She is immediate past president of the Mormon History Association. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her latest book is "A House Full of Females: Plural Marriage and Women’s Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835-1870."