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English
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The Early Autobiography and Diary of Ellis Reynolds Shipp
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Salt Lake City
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Deseret News
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1. Autobiography, 1847-66. Pages 139. Written in 1866. Born in Davis County, Iowa, 1847. Crossed plains, 1852. Settled in Pleasant Grove. Death of mother, 1861. Fond of reading. Endowments, 1863. School. Invited by Brigham Young to live in his home and attend school, 1865-66. Married Milford Bard Shipp, 1866. Account turns into journal. 2. Autobiography excerpts. 1866-71, 1876, 1878-1918. Pages 41-66, 23740, 27992. Written c. 1930. Lived in Eleventh Ward, Salt Lake City. Ten children, born 186789. Moved to Fillmore, 1867. Husband's first plural wife, 1868. Back to Salt Lake City, 1869. Member of the First Ward Retrenchment Society, 1870. Husband's mission to England, 186971. Daily study. Growing interest in her medical studies, 1876. Husband didn't feel it wise she return to Philadelphia but supported her in her decision to go. Medical practice. Specialized in obstetrics and care of women and children. Positions in Relief Society and YLMIA. National Council of Women. President of Utah Women's Press Club. Shipp's School of Obstetrics'midwifery and nursing. Taught classes in Mexico and other outlying areas after 1899. Postgraduate work. Death of husband, 1918. 3. Journal, 187178. Pages 69237, 24076. Desire for progress and improvement. Secretary of Relief Society, 1871. Husband took third wife, 1871. Studied "laws of health," 1872. Romantic idealist. Perfectionist. Worshipped husband. Not satisfied with efforts to be good wife and mother. Husband married Mary Smith, 1873. Husband to Arizona with two wives, 1873. Melancholy disposition. Illness 187374. Busy schedule devised to escape loneliness. The "New Order," 1874. Moved to farm in Sugar House, 1875. Attended Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1875-78. Homesick for husband and children. Came home during summer of 1876. Lack of funds. Very successful in examinations. Financial support from husband's other wives. Had baby, May 1877. Spent summer in Philadelphia area. Sorrow at death of Brigham Young, 1877. Graduated, March 1878. Introductory material by daughter, iiiviiii." [Abstract from Davis Bitton's Guide to Mormon Diaries and Autobiographies, 1977]
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