Item Detail
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13511
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English
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Heathen in Our Fair Land' : Presbyterian Women Missionaries in Utah, 1870-90
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Journal of Mormon History
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Spring 2000
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26
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no.1
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Mormon History Association
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165-95
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Presbyterian women missionaries, invariably single women, came to Utah to try to proclaim the 'true gospel to a misguided people.' They viewed Mormon women as misguided heathens who were un-civilized, un-American, and in need of saving. Not surprisingly, their efforts to persuade Mormon women to leave polygamy for the 'Christian life' went unheeded. In the 1880s the Presbyterian women turned their attention to establishing schools. In this way they thought they might be able to bring a Christian influence to the rising generation of Mormon children. At its height in 1890 there were 38 Presbyterian schools in the Mormon culture region. The issuance of the Manifesto caused funds to dry up for Presbyterian schools
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A New Community : Mormon Teachers and the Separation of Church and State in Utah's Territorial Schools
A Woman's View : Helen Mar Whitney's Reminiscences of Early Church History
Evangelical Protestant Missionary Activities in Mormon Dominated Areas, 1865-1900
In Sacred Loneliness : The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith
In Their Own Behalf : The Politicization of Mormon Women and the 1870 Franchise
The Antipolygamy Controversy in U.S. Women's Movements, 1880-1925 : A Debate on the American Home
The Mormons at Home : With some Incidents of Travel from Missouri to California, 1852-3
The Utah Story
The Viper on the Hearth : Mormons, Myths, and the Construction of Heresy
The women of Mormonism : Or, The story of polygamy as told by the victims themselves
Woman Suffrage in Territorial Utah