Post-manifesto polygamy the 1899-1904 correspondence of Helen, Owen, and Avery Woodruff
These letters among two women and their husband offer a rare look into the personal dynamics of an LDS polygamous relationship. Abraham "Owen" Woodruff was a young Mormon apostle, the son of President Wilford Woodruff, remembered for the Woodruff Manifesto, which called for the divinely in...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Logan, Utah :
Utah State University Press
2009.
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| Series: | Life writings of frontier women ;
v. 11. |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009432633106719 |
| Summary: | These letters among two women and their husband offer a rare look into the personal dynamics of an LDS polygamous relationship. Abraham "Owen" Woodruff was a young Mormon apostle, the son of President Wilford Woodruff, remembered for the Woodruff Manifesto, which called for the divinely inspired termination of plural marriage. It eased a systematic federal judicial assault on Mormons and made Utah statehood possible. It did not end polygamy in the church. Some leaders continued to encourage and perform such marriages. Owen Woodruff himself contracted a secretive, second marriage to Ave-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (196 pages) : illustrations, maps Also available in print form |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-190) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781282490451 9786612490453 9780874217407 |
