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

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

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Author / Creator:Harline, Paula Kelly.
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Description:xi, 244 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History -- 19th century.
Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Mormon Church -- History -- 19th century.
Mormon women -- Religious life.
Mormon women -- Social conditions.
Mormon Church.
Mormon women.
Mormon women -- Religious life.
Polygamy -- Religious aspects.
Diaries.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10092750
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ISBN:9780199346509 (cloth : alk. paper)
019934650X (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-232) index.
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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