On Wednesday, January 11, Ulrich will give a lecture entitled "Women's Activism in Early Utah" at the Salt Lake City Public Library.On Tuesday, January 10, Ulrich will speak at Benchmark Books, 3269 S Main St in Salt Lake City, at 6:00 p.m. For several years, I co-authored a column in Exponent II with Emma Lou, a well-know and much published poet and essayist. This book features personal essays and poems, mostly written in the 1970s and 1980s. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian specializing in early America and the history of women, and a professor at Harvard University. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's books include A Midwife's Tale, Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History and her new book A House Full of Females: Plural Marriage and Women's Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835-1870 Laurel Thatcher Ulrich and Emma Lou Thayne, All Gods Critters Got a Place in Choir.She’s dedicated her career to telling the stories of early American women and helping modern women find their voices. 'Well-behaved women seldom make history' MaIntroduction Since Harvard professor Laurel Thatcher Ulrich coined the phrase, Well-behaved women seldom make history. Historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich grew up in Sugar City, Idaho, and in the late 50s, she figured she would just “get married and have children.” So it may surprise you to hear that she coined the phrase “well-behaved women seldom make history.” Ulrich is a Mormon, a feminist, a Harvard professor, and a Pulitzer Prize-winner. From admired historian-and coiner of one of feminisms most popular slogans-Laurel Thatcher Ulrich comes an exploration of what it means for women to make.
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