Mormon History Association Oral History Interview with Claudia Lauper Bushman on April 2, 2024 [Transcript and Audio]

This oral history interview with Claudia L. Bushman, conducted on April 2, 2024, explores her pioneering work as a historian of Mormon women, her academic journey, and her significant contributions to feminist thought within a religious context. Bushman details her education at Wellesley College and her Ph.D. in American Studies, highlighting her doctoral dissertation on Harriet Hanson Robinson and women's work. She discusses her involvement in establishing women's history as a field, particularly her role as a founding editor of Exponent II and the challenges she faced. The interview also covers her varied professional experiences, including her leadership of the Delaware Heritage Commission, her emphasis on preserving "ordinary" people's stories through oral histories and personal narratives, and her reflections on the evolving role of women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Mormon History Association.