| Awards |
Bancroft Award in American History, 1991
Pulitzer Prize for history, 1991 (both awards for A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812. Ulrich is the third Mormon and first LDS woman to receive a Pulitzer prize. For her work in women's history she also was awarded $320,000 from the MacArthur Foundation-the so-called "genius award." |