Mormon midwife / edited by Donna Toland Smart.
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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| Superior document: | Life writings of frontier women ; 2 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Logan, Utah : : Utah State University Press,, 1997. ©1997. |
| Year of Publication: | 1997 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Life writings of frontier women ;
v. 2. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (473 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s). |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| 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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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-415) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0874213274 9786613077929 1283077922 0585030243 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Donna Toland Smart. |