Brittany Chapman Nash

Brittany Chapman Nash is an independent historian and specialist in Latter-day Saint women’s history. She coedited the award-winning four-volume Women of Faith in the Latter Days series and Fearless in the Cause: Remarkable Stories of Women in Church History (all with Richard E. Turley Jr.).

She is the author of Let’s Talk About Polygamy, part of a series published by Deseret Book. She began her study of polygamy as a graduate student at the University of Leicester and initially focused on her great-great grandmother Ruth May Fox.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in humanities from Brigham Young University and a master’s degree in Victorian studies from the University of Leicester in England.

Brittany worked as a historian for ten years in the Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has served on committees of the Mormon History Association, Better Days 2020, and the Young Women general board.

She is a member of the Mormon Women’s History Initiative Team, a group dedicated to popularizing the history of Latter-day Saint women.

Brittany lives with her husband, Peter, and their children in Salt Lake City, Utah.