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The book was a commercial success; it spent 15 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list and over 500,000 copies were printed. [4] Writing in Religion News Service, Jana Riess characterizes Secret Ceremonies as a "go-for-the-jugular exposé" typical of the ex-Mormon memoirs of her era. [5]
It included 27 women besides Emma Smith. [6] There are currently 49 women on this list. However, historians disagree as to the number and identity of the plural wives Smith had. Various scholars and historians, including Fawn M. Brodie, George D. Smith, [7] and Todd Compton, have attempted to identify the women who married Smith. [8]
She produced articles which also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Utah Business, Sunstone, City Weekly and The Salt Lake City Observer. She was an important feminist voice, particularly among Mormon women. Much of her later work focused on multicultural issues.
MomTok is ready to keep thriving in 2025. The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' Mayci Neeley and Mikayla Matthews kicked off 2025 in New York City, joining the masses ringing in the new year in Times ...
Instead of protesting, eight women members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints wrote, edited and published "The Not-So-Secret Lives of REAL ‘Mormon' Wives" — in under two months ...
In her book, Ulrich presents the concept of "sex radicalism" which she defines as "the idea that a woman should choose when and with whom to have children." Ulrich argues that analyzing polygamous Mormon women through the lens of sex radicalism presents a new understanding of gender relations in early Mormonism. Ulrich uses diaries and letters ...
general presidency of the Young Women: Susa Y. Gates: Daughter Lucy Bigelow: A prominent women's rights activist in Utah. [8] [9] Charles E. Johnson: Son-in-law Emmeline Free: Mormon photographer, married Ruth Young. Sandra Tanner: great-great-granddaughter Mary Ann Angell [10] Mormon critic Sally Young Kanosh: Adopted daughter Clarissa ...
Brigham Young (1801–1877), second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), was perhaps the most famous polygamist of the early Latter Day Saint movement, marrying 56 wives during his lifetime.