Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Quotes & Sayings

History is a conversation and sometimes a shouting match between present and past, though often the voices we most want to hear are barely audible. — Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

A pioneer is not someone who makes her own soap. She is one who takes up her burdens and walks toward the future. — Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Well-behaved women seldom make history. — Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all. — Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

A well-behaved woman seldom makes history — Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

So what do people see when they read that well-behaved women rarely make history? Do they imagine good-time girls in stiletto heels or do-good girls carrying clipboards and passing petitions? Do they envision an out-of-control hobbyist or a single mother taking down a drunk in a bar? I suspect that it depends on where they stand themselves. — Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Some history-making is intentional; much of it is accidental. People make history when they scale a mountain, ignite a bomb, or refuse to move to the back of the bus. But they also make history by keeping diaries, writing letters, or embroidering initials on linen sheets. History is a conversation and sometimes a shouting match between present and past, though often the voices we most want to hear are barely audible. People make history by passing on gossip, saving old records, and by naming rivers, mountains, and children. Some people leave only their bones, though bones too make a history when someone notices. — Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

An androgynous mind was not a male mind. It was a mind attuned to the full range of human experience, including the invisible lives of women. — Laurel Thatcher Ulrich