![]() ![]() ![]() In 1992, the MacArthur Foundation chose Ulrich as a MacArthur Fellow. ![]() In 1991, Ulrich received both the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize for her work of history, A Midwife's Tale. She remained on the faculty at UNH through 1995. Career Īfter completing her Ph.D., Ulrich joined the faculty at the University of New Hampshire, gradually working her way up from graduate assistant to tenured faculty member. In 1971, she earned a master's degree in English at Simmons College, and subsequently a doctorate in history from the University of New Hampshire, in 1980. She graduated from the University of Utah, majoring in English and journalism, and gave the valedictory speech at commencement. Laurel Thatcher was born July 11, 1938, in Sugar City, Idaho, to John Kenneth Thatcher, schoolteacher and superintendent as well as state legislator and farmer and Alice Siddoway Thatcher. Her most famous book, “A Midwife’s Tale,” was later the basis for a PBS documentary film. Her approach to history has been described as a tribute to "the silent work of ordinary people"-an approach that, in her words, aims to "show the interconnection between public events and private experience." Ulrich has also been a MacArthur Genius Grant recipient. 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. ![]()
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