Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich is an American historian specializing in early America and the history of women.
* She was born in Sugar City, Idaho, in 1938.
* She graduated from the University of Utah with a BA in English in 1960.
* She received her MA in English from Simmons College in 1971 and her PhD in history from the University of New Hampshire in 1980.
* She has taught at Harvard University since 1981.
* She is the author of several books, including A Midwife's Tale (1990), which won the Pulitzer Prize for History.
* She is a MacArthur Fellow and a member of the American Philosophical Society.
* She is a past president of the American Historical Association.
* She is currently 300th Anniversary University Professor Emerita at Harvard University.