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Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher was born on July 11, 1938 in Sugar City, Idaho, United States. Daughter of John Kenneth and Alice (Siddoway) Thatcher.
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They began their existence as everyday objects, but in the hands of Bancroft Award-winning historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, fourteen domestic items from preindustrial America–ranging from a linen tablecloth to an unfinished sock–relinquish their stories and offer profound insights into our history. In an age when even meals are rarely made from scratch, homespun easily acquires the glow of nostalgia. The objects Ulrich investigates unravel those simplified illusions, revealing important clues to the culture and people who made them. Ulrich uses an Indian basket to explore the uneasy coexistence of native and colonial Americans. A piece of silk embroidery reveals racial and class distinctions, and two old spinning wheels illuminate the connections between colonial cloth-making and war. Pulling these divergent threads together, Ulrich demonstrates how early Americans made, used, sold, and saved textiles in order to assert their identities, shape relationships, and create history.
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This enthralling work of scholarship strips away abstractions to reveal the hidden--and not always stoic--face of the "goodwives" of colonial America. In these pages we encounter the awesome burdens--and the considerable power--of a New England housewife's domestic life and witness her occasional forays into the world of men. We see her borrowing from her neighbors, loving her husband, raising--and, all too often, mourning--her children, and even attaining fame as a heroine of frontier conflicts or notoriety as a murderess. Painstakingly researched, lively with scandal and homely detail, Good Wives is history at its best.
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Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher was born on July 11, 1938 in Sugar City, Idaho, United States. Daughter of John Kenneth and Alice (Siddoway) Thatcher.
Bachelor in English, University Utah, 1960. Master of Arts in English, Simmons College, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy in History, University New Hampshire, 1980.
Assistant professor humanities, U. N.H., Durham, 1980-1984;
assistant professor of history, U. N.H., Durham, 1985-1988;
associate professor, U. N.H., Durham, 1988-1991;
professor, U. N.H., Durham, 1991-1995;
professor of history and women's studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1995;
James Duncan Phillips professor early American history, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1997;
director Charles Warren Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1997. Audiocourse consultant Annenberg Foundation. Consultant, participating humanist numerous exhibits, public programs, other projects.
Project humanist Warner (N.H.) Women's Oral History Project. Board editors William & Mary Quarterly, 1989-1991, Winterthur Portfolio, since 1991.
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Council member Institute Early American History and Culture, 1989-1991. Trustee Strawberry Banke Museum, 1987-1993. Member Organization American Historians (nominating committee since 1992, ABC-Clio award committee 1989), American History Association (research council 1993-1996).
Married Gael Dennis Ulrich, September 22, 1958. Children: Karl, Melinda, Nathan, Thatcher, Amy.