Mormon midwife the 1846-1888 diaries of Patty Bartlett Sessions
Patty Session's 1847 Mormon Trail diary has been widely quoted and excerpted, but her complete diaries chronicling the first decades of Mormon settlement at Salt Lake City have never before been published. They provide a detailed record of early Mormon community life from Illinois to Utah t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Logan :
Utah State University Press
1997.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Life writings of frontier women ;
v. 2. |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430333906719 |
| Summary: | Patty Session's 1847 Mormon Trail diary has been widely quoted and excerpted, but her complete diaries chronicling the first decades of Mormon settlement at Salt Lake City have never before been published. They provide a detailed record of early Mormon community life from Illinois to Utah through the eyes of Mormondom's most famous midwife. They also recount her important role in women's social networks and her contributions to community health and Utah's economy, to pioneer education and horticulture. Patty Sessions assisted at the births of hundreds of early Mormons and first |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (473 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) Also available in print form |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-415) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780874213270 9786613077929 9781283077927 9780585030241 |
