The polygamous wives writing club : from the diaries of Mormon pioneer women

Harline analyses the personal writings (autobiographies and diaries) of 29 obscure Mormon pioneer women who became polygamous wives between 1847 and 1890 in Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico. Disillusioned with the polygamous system, for the most part the wives studied...

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Harline, Paula Kelly
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Zusammenfassung:
Harline analyses the personal writings (autobiographies and diaries) of 29 obscure Mormon pioneer women who became polygamous wives between 1847 and 1890 in Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico. Disillusioned with the polygamous system, for the most part the wives studied here did not mention or mourn the 1890 Manifesto that phased out polygamy in the Mormon Church.
Umfang:
1 online resource (viii, 244 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
Anmerkungen:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-934652-6
0-19-934656-9
Schlagworte:
Polygamy > Religious aspects > Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints > History > 19th century.
Polygamy > Latter Day Saint churches > History > Religious aspects > 19th century.
Latter Day Saint women > Religious life.
Latter Day Saint women > Social conditions.
Religion
Philosophy & Religion
Christianity
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