Kate Holbrook was a historian and writer who worked as the managing historian of women’s history in the Church History Department (CHD) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
Born January 13, 1972, Kate Holbrook earned a BA in English and Russian literature from Brigham Young University, an MTS from Harvard Divinity School, and a PhD in Religious Studies from Boston University.
Kate Holbrook was hired by the CHD in 2011 and became the first historian hired to specialize in women’s history.
She was the first recipient of the Eccles Fellowship in Mormon Studies at the University of Utah. While at Harvard College, she was voted Teaching Fellow of the Year.
Kate Holbrook died on August 20, 2022, at the age of 50 in Salt Lake City after battling rare cancer of the eye.
Kate Holbrook Children: Meet Amelia, Lucia, and Persephone Holbrook-Brown
Kate Holbrook was married to physician, medical researcher, and religious historian, Samuel Brown.
They had 3 children, Amelia Holbrook-Brown, Lucia Holbrook-Brown and Persephone Holbrook-Brown.
Although Kate Holbrook’s children’s names have been identified, their details are not documented.