Carol Madsen

Women of Letters » History

Carol Madsen is Professor Emeritus of History at Brigham Young University and retired senior research historian in BYU’s Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for LDS History. She is also the former associate director of the Women’s Research Institute at BYU. Professor Madsen is the author of more than 50 articles on Utah and LDS women’s history, co-editor for a collection of women conferences addresses, and author of six books including two biographies of Emmeline B. Wells (the first of which won three best book awards). She was a historical consultant and participant on seven historical productions for PBS and KJZZ-TV, president of the Mormon History Association from 1989-1990, and is co-editing a documentary history of the Relief Society, covering the years 1842 through 1892.