Well-Behaved Women ...

"Well-behaved women seldom make history." So penned historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich a generation ago, as recounted in a fascinating Deseret News article. Ulrich, who is LDS, took a late doctorate, then joined the Harvard history faculty and went on to get a Pulitzer Prize for A Midwife's Tale. The article notes that she is considering writing a book on LDS history at some point. For those in or near Salt Lake City, the article also give times and places for a couple of public lectures Ulrich is delivering this week.

The Wikipedia entry on Ulrich includes the following tidbits:

In late 1992, Brigham Young University's board of trustees vetoed without comment a BYU proposal to invite Ulrich to address the annual BYU Women's Conference. Ulrich did give an address at BYU in 2004.

At Harvard, Ulrich is actively involved in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She is the advisor for the undergraduate Latter-day Saint Student Association, the Mormon campus club, and teaches an Institute of Religion class.

Comments

[Seth R.]

What did she mean by "Harvard has never been a great place for women"?

[Clark Goble]

Probably a reaction to the unfortunate comments of the school President last year. (Or was that two years ago) On the other hand there is a probably correct view that some of the big Ivy League Schools are an old boy's network that women aren't invited to. But the influence of the Ivy League has definitely been waning the last decade.

[Elizabeth]

Ulrich's views on Harvard can be found here:

http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=520010