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Exposé of polygamy : a lady's life among the Mormons

Author: T B H Stenhouse, Mrs.; Linda Wilcox DeSimone
Publisher: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 2008.
Series: Life writings of frontier women, v. 10.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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After the 1872 publication of Exposé of Polygamy, Fanny Stenhouse become a celebrity in the cultural wars between Mormons and much of America. A well-educated, sophisticated English convert, she after her 1859 arrival in Utah grew disillusioned with the Mormon Church and polygamy. She addressed the emotional and material hardships and the psychological and moral dilemmas polygamy presented to the women compelled to  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Controversial literature
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Stenhouse, T.B.H., Mrs., b. 1829.
Exposé of polygamy.
Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 2008
(OCoLC)609198528
Named Person: T B H Stenhouse, Mrs.
Material Type: Biography, Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: T B H Stenhouse, Mrs.; Linda Wilcox DeSimone
ISBN: 9780874217131 087421713X 9780874217148 0874217148
OCLC Number: 213222539
Notes: Originally published: New York : American News Co., 1872.
Description: vii, 198 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction: Reckoning with Fanny Stenhouse --
"Exposé of polygamy in Utah : a lady's life among the Mormons --
Epilogue: The 1872 "Exposé of Polygamy" compared with the 1874 "Tell it All."
Series Title: Life writings of frontier women, v. 10.
Responsibility: Fanny Stenhouse ; edited by Linda Wilcox DeSimone.
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After the 1872 publication of Exposé of Polygamy, Fanny Stenhouse become a celebrity in the cultural wars between Mormons and much of America. A well-educated, sophisticated English convert, she after her 1859 arrival in Utah grew disillusioned with the Mormon Church and polygamy. She addressed the emotional and material hardships and the psychological and moral dilemmas polygamy presented to the women compelled to accept it.--[book jacket].

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