The polygamous wives writing club : from the diaries of Mormon pioneer women / Paula Kelly Harline.
Harline, Paula Kelly.
2014
BX8643.P63 H37 2014 (Mapit)
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The polygamous wives writing club : from the diaries of Mormon pioneer women / Paula Kelly Harline.
Author
Harline, Paula Kelly.
ISBN
9780199346509 hardcover alkaline paper
019934650X hardcover alkaline paper
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Language
English
Description
xi, 244 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Call Number
BX8643.P63 H37 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification
261.8/3584230882893
Summary
The author delves deep into the diaries and autobiographies of twenty-nine polygamous women of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, providing a rare window into the lives they led and revealing their views and experiences of polygamy, including their well-founded belief that their domestic contributions would help to build a foundation for generations of future Mormons.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-232) index.
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Welcome
Settling Utah Territory : polygamous yet monogamous. I was perfectly willing ... but still it was hard
I had admired his conduct on the plains
Interlude: justifying polygamy
It is a heart history
Making sense of sisterhood : relations between wives. The drudge and tail of such women
Interlude: sometimes sisterhood
Many nights my pillow would be wet with grief
I could not say that I loved the man as lovers love
Abandoning polygamy : weariness. Word came the marshalls were coming, so I skipped out
Interlude: the 1890 Manifesto
I grew rebellious
I heard a voice say you are away from Mr Chestnut
Farewell.

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