6646

Journal Article

English

Madsen, Carol Cornwall

Mormon Missionary Wives in Nineteenth Century Polynesia

Journal of Mormon History

1986/87

13

Salt Lake City, UT

Mormon History Association

1986

61-85

The history and experiences of Mormon missionary wives who accompanied their husbands on missions to the Pacific islands in the nineteenth century are recounted. The experience of Mormon wives is compared with that of Protestant women serving foreign missions in Polynesia. The experience of Mormon wives at the Laie settlement is particularly emphasized. The mission tasks of Mormon missionary wives expanded over time.

http://content.lib.utah.edu/u?/jmh,17035

Missiology, Oceania
Oceania
Women, missiology

13

3

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"The Little Head Stones Became Monuments" : Death in the Early Samoan Mission and the Creation of the Fagali'i Cemetary
'I Have Volunteered for a Mission' : The Experiences of Marian Gardner, a Sister Missionary
Early Mormon Missionary Activities in Japan, 1901-1924
Faith Across Cultures : Research on Mormonism in Oceania
LDS Sister Missionaries : An Oral History Response
Looking West : Mormonism and the Pacific World
Mormon Women : A Bibliography in Process, 1977-1985
Proclamation to the People : Nineteenth-Century Mormonism and the Pacific Basin Frontier
Settling the Valley, Proclaiming the Gospel : The General Epistles of the Mormon First Presidency
The Mormon History Association's Tanner Lectures : The First Twenty Years
The Oxford Handbook of Mormonism
Those They Left Behind : A Look at Missionary Wives and Children

A History of Female Missionary Activity in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1898
My First Mission
Zion in Paradise : Early Mormons in the South Seas