Juanita Leone Leavitt Pulsipher Brooks was an American historian and author, specializing in the American West and Mormon history, including a book on the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Brooks was born in Bunkerville, Nevada, in 1898. She was raised in Bunkerville and in 1919 married Ernest Pulsipher, who died of cancer little more than a year later, leaving her with an infant son. She acquired a bachelor's degree from BYU and a master's degree from Columbia University. Wikipedia
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