LEADER 03707oam 22006614a 450 001 9910146251403321 005 20240424225812.0 010 $a0-87421-547-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000470130 035 $a(EBL)316729 035 $a(OCoLC)476107522 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000109733 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11145786 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000109733 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10059176 035 $a(PQKB)11339997 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442674 035 $a(OCoLC)298788369 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse13442 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442674 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10233581 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC316729 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL316729 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/41897 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000470130 100 $a20061003d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn#---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBefore the Manifesto$eThe Life Writings of Mary Lois Walker Morris /$fedited by Melissa Lambert Milewski 205 $a1st ed. 210 $cUtah State University, University Libraries$d2007 210 1$aLogan, Utah :$cUtah State University Press,$d2007. 210 4$dİ2007. 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 639 pages) $cillustrations, maps; digital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aLife writings of frontier women ;$vv. 9 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87421-644-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 576-584) and index. 327 $aIntroduction --Memoir --Diary --Epilogue. 330 $aMary Lois Walker Morris was a Mormon woman who challenged both American ideas about marriage and the U.S. legal system. Before the Manifesto provides a glimpse into her world as the polygamous wife of a prominent Salt Lake City businessman, during a time of great transition in Utah. This account of her life as a convert, milliner, active community member, mother, and wife begins in England, where her family joined the Mormon church, details her journey across the plains, and describes life in Utah in the 1880's. Her experiences were unusual as, following her first husband's deathbed request, she married his brother as a plural wife in the Old Testament tradition of levirate marriage. Mary Morris's memoir frames her 1879 to 1887 diary with both reflections on earlier years and passages that parallel entries in the day book, giving readers a better understanding of how she retrospectively saw her life. The thoroughly annotated diary offers the daily experience of a woman who kept a largely self-sufficient household, had a wide social network, ran her own business, wrote poetry, and was intellectually curious. The years of "the Raid" (federal prosecution of polygamists) led Mary and Elias Morris to hide their marriage on "the underground," and her to perjury during Elias's trial for unlawful cohabitation. The book ends with Mary Lois's arrival at the Salt Lake Depot after three years in exile in Mexico with a polygamist colony. 410 0$aLife writings of frontier women ;$vv. 9. 606 $aLatter Day Saint women$zUtah$zSalt Lake City$vBiography 607 $aSalt Lake City (Utah)$xHistory 607 $aSalt Lake City (Utah)$xChurch history 615 0$aLatter Day Saint women 676 $a289.3092 676 $aB 700 $aMorris$b Mary Lois Walker$f1835-1919.$0913835 701 $aMilewski$b Melissa Lambert$0793265 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910146251403321 996 $aBefore the manifesto$92047503 997 $aUNINA