Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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Laurel Thatcher Ulrich is an American historian and Pulitzer Prize–winning author renowned for her work on early American and women's history.
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| Laurel Thatcher Ulrich canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Context triple: [Albert J. Beveridge Award, notableRecipient, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich]
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Louise Shofner Nelson
Louise Shofner Nelson was the wife of legendary American professional golfer Byron Nelson.
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B.
Hanna Holborn Gray
Hanna Holborn Gray is a prominent American historian and academic leader best known for serving as president of the University of Chicago and for her influential scholarship on Renaissance and Reformation political thought.
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C.
Marjorie Sayre
Marjorie Sayre was the sister of American socialite and novelist Zelda Fitzgerald, connected to the prominent Sayre family of Montgomery, Alabama.
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D.
Margaret Pomeranz
Margaret Pomeranz is an Australian film critic and television presenter best known for co-hosting long-running movie review programs such as "The Movie Show" and "At the Movies."
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E.
Elizabeth Bancroft Schlesinger
Elizabeth Bancroft Schlesinger was an American civic leader and advocate for women’s history whose legacy is honored through the naming of Harvard’s Schlesinger Library.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Target entity description: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich is an American historian and Pulitzer Prize–winning author renowned for her work on early American and women's history.
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A.
Louise Shofner Nelson
Louise Shofner Nelson was the wife of legendary American professional golfer Byron Nelson.
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B.
Hanna Holborn Gray
Hanna Holborn Gray is a prominent American historian and academic leader best known for serving as president of the University of Chicago and for her influential scholarship on Renaissance and Reformation political thought.
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C.
Marjorie Sayre
Marjorie Sayre was the sister of American socialite and novelist Zelda Fitzgerald, connected to the prominent Sayre family of Montgomery, Alabama.
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D.
Margaret Pomeranz
Margaret Pomeranz is an Australian film critic and television presenter best known for co-hosting long-running movie review programs such as "The Movie Show" and "At the Movies."
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E.
Elizabeth Bancroft Schlesinger
Elizabeth Bancroft Schlesinger was an American civic leader and advocate for women’s history whose legacy is honored through the naming of Harvard’s Schlesinger Library.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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professor ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
PhD in history
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bachelor's degree ⓘ master's degree ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Bancroft Prize
NERFINISHED
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Francis Parkman Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Guggenheim Fellowship ⓘ Joan Kelly Memorial Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ National Humanities Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Pulitzer Prize for History NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidney Hillman Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1938-07-11 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Sugar City, Idaho, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Simmons College
NERFINISHED
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University of New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Harvard University
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University of New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Ulrich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
early American history
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history ⓘ microhistory ⓘ social history ⓘ women's history ⓘ |
| genre |
historical writing
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nonfiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Laurel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | coining the phrase "Well-behaved women seldom make history" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | feminist history ⓘ |
| name | Laurel Thatcher Ulrich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | pioneering microhistorical studies of early American women's lives ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785–1812
NERFINISHED
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Good Wives: Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England, 1650–1750 NERFINISHED ⓘ The Age of Homespun: Objects and Stories in the Creation of an American Myth NERFINISHED ⓘ The Housewife and the Historian NERFINISHED ⓘ Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
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university professor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
300th Anniversary University Professor at Harvard University
NERFINISHED
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Professor of History ⓘ |
| religion | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Gael Ulrich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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