![]() Professor Ulrich wrote about women from early America who were not usually featured in history books. ![]() Its title was, “Vertuous Women Found: New England Ministerial Literature, 1668-1735.” (“Vertuous” was an alternate spelling of “virtuous” in the 18th century.) ![]() While she was a PhD student, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich published an important article in the spring 1976 issue of the journal American Quarterly. Academic historians rarely make history, but Professor Ulrich certainly has. And we’re so happy that it came from an academic scholar, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, who is a professor of Early American history at Harvard. It’s a great quote, but we should credit its actual author. Even Princess Leila from “Star Wars” saying “well-behaved women rarely defeat empires” is a popular internet meme. Given time, any powerful woman with backbone and nerve will get credit for this phrase and sentiment. ![]() Lots of people are credited with coining the great phrase, “well-behaved women rarely make history.” They include Marilyn Monroe, Gloria Steinem, Eleanor Roosevelt, Anne Boleyn, and many more. ![]()
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