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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154327703321

Autore

Harline Paula Kelly

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-19-934652-6

0-19-934656-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 244 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)

Disciplina

261.8/3584230882893

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

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.