Brooke LeFevre
Ph.D. Candidate
Advisor
Dr. Andrea Turpin
Education
M.A. in History, Utah State University, 2021
B.S. in Psychology, Brigham Young University, 2019
Research Interests
I am interested in the intersection of women, religion, and medicine during the nineteenth century, focusing primarily on the United States. Specifically, I am interested in women's infertility and the medicalization of reproduction. I am also interested in Mormon history.
Selected Publications
"'I Would Not Risk My Salvation to Any Man': Eliza R. Snow’s Challenge to Salvific Coverture," Journal of Mormon History, 47:2 (April 2021): 48-74.
Selected Activities
Awards/Fellowships
- Jan Shipps Best Article Award, Mormon History Association, 2022
- Presidential Fellowship, Baylor University, 2021
- Ph.D. Guittard Fellow, Baylor University, 2021-2022
- Whitworth Teaching Fellow, Utah State University, 2021