Post-manifesto polygamy : : the 1899-1904 correspondence of Helen, Owen, and Avery Woodruff / / edited by Lu Ann Faylor Snyder and Phillip A. Snyder.
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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| Superior document: | Life writings of frontier women ; v. 11 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Life writings of frontier women ;
v. 11. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (196 pages) :; illustrations, maps |
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| 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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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-190) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1282490451 9786612490453 0874217407 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Lu Ann Faylor Snyder and Phillip A. Snyder. |