Juanita Brooks
Juanita Brooks | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 15, 1898 Bunkerville, Nevada, United States |
| Died | August 26, 1989 (aged 91) St. George, Utah, United States |
| Occupation | Historian, author |
| Education | Brigham Young University (BA) Columbia University (MA) |
| Notable works | The Mountain Meadows Massacre (1950) |
| Spouse |
Leonard Ernest Pulsipher, Sr.
(m. 1919; died 1921)William Brooks
(m. 1933; died 1970) |
Juanita Pulsipher Brooks (January 15, 1898 – August 26, 1989) was an American historian and author, specializing in the American West and Mormon history. Her most notable contribution was her book related to the Mountain Meadows Massacre, to which her grandfather Dudley Leavitt was sometimes linked, and which caused tension between her and the church authorities. She also made significant archival contributions in the form of collected pioneer diaries documenting early Mormon history in the Dixie, Utah area.