Juanita Brooks

Women of Letters » History

Historian and author best known for her account of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. After obtaining her master’s degree from Columbia University, Brooks became an instructor of English and dean of women at Dixie Junior College. She also served on the Board of the Utah Historical Society for many years. In 1933, Brooks retired from teaching to raise her large family and to edit various pioneer documents and diaries. She authored numerous historical articles, family narratives, and biographies in addition to her groundbreaking work on the Mountain Meadows Massacre, which was the first comprehensive account of the incident that utilized modern historical methods.
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