The Polygamous Wives Writing Club From the Diaries of Mormon Pioneer Women by Paula Kelly Harline
Description
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.
xi, 244 pages :illustrations, maps ;25 cm
Book Details
Author
Harline, Paula Kelly.
Place Published
City
New York
Publication Subjects
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.
Call No.
BX8643.P63H37 2014
ISBN
9780199346509, 019934650X
LCCN
2013039923
Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-232) index.
Carrier type: volumencrdacarrier
Media type: unmediatednrdamedia
Date: [2014]