Item Detail
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English
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Scribbling Women in Zion : Mormon Women's Fascination with Fanny Fern
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Journal of Mormon History
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January 2018
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44
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Champaign, IL
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University of Illinois Press; Mormon History Association
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74-94
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"...Fanny Fern, ironically reflected Brigham young's desire to separate the Latter-day Saints from the broader American culture. The growth and expansion of the early Mormon Church garnished attention and caused alarm in the surrounding non-Mormon communities in Missouri and Illinois. Fear of Mormons' political and social power created relentless persecution for the Church..." [From the text]