Exposé of polygamy [electronic resource] : a lady's life among the Mormons / Fanny Stenhouse ; edited by Linda Wilcox DeSimone.
Stenhouse, T. B. H., Mrs., 1829-1904.; DeSimone, Linda Wilcox.
2008
BX8645 .S67 2008eb
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Title Exposé of polygamy [electronic resource] : a lady's life among the Mormons / Fanny Stenhouse ; edited by Linda Wilcox DeSimone.
Author Stenhouse, T. B. H., Mrs., 1829-1904.
ISBN 9780874217148 (electronic bk.)
9780874217131
087421713X
0874217148 (electronic bk.)
Publication Details Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 2008.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (vii, 198 p.) : ill.
Call Number BX8645 .S67 2008eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 289.3/79225 B
Summary After the 1872 publication of Exposé of Polygamy, Fanny Stenhouse become a celebrity in the cultural wars between Mormons and much of America. A well-educated, sophisticated English convert, she after her 1859 arrival in Utah grew disillusioned with the Mormon Church and polygamy. She addressed the emotional and material hardships and the psychological and moral dilemmas polygamy presented to the women compelled to accept it.--[book jacket].
Note Originally published: New York : American News Co., 1872.
Description based on print version record.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-192) and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Added Author DeSimone, Linda Wilcox.
Series Life writings of frontier women ; v. 10.
Available in Other Form Exposé of polygamy.
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Introduction: Reckoning with Fanny Stenhouse
"Exposé of polygamy in Utah : a lady's life among the Mormons
Epilogue: The 1872 "Exposé of Polygamy" compared with the 1874 "Tell it All."

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