Maureen U. Beecher

Maureen Ursenbach Beecher (March 19, 1935 – November 18, 2025) was a Canadian historian and editor of the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). She studied at Brigham Young University (BYU) and the University of Utah. She worked in the History Department for the LDS Church from 1972 to 1980, and became a professor of English at BYU in 1981 while continuing her work in Mormon history at the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History. She published a book of Eliza R. Snow's writings.