Item Detail
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2420
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Journal Article
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English
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Simmons, Rachel Emma Woolley, 1836-1926
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Journal of Rachel Emma Woolley Simmons
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Carter, Kate B.
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Heart Throbs of the West
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1950
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11
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1950
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153-208
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"Retrospective to 1881. Born in Ohio, 1836. Parents joined LDS Church, 1839. To Nauvoo, 1840. Recollections of that city. At Winter Quarters. To Utah, 1848. Experiences on journey. Difficulties of first winter. Married Joseph M. Simmons, 1851. Difficulty in accepting plural marriage. Utah War. Economic difficulties of family. Became midwife, 1878. Daily entries begin 1881. Daily routine. Church attendance. Long entries on family activities. Feelings about antipolygamy actions of federal government. Intermittent entries for 1886-91." [Abstract from Davis Bitton's Guide to Mormon Diaries and Autobiographies]|Simmons was the daughter of Edwin D. Woolley.
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