7730

Journal Article

English

Brodie, Fawn M.

Polygamy Shocks the Mormons

American Mercury

April 1946

62

1946

399-404

In this article Brodie claims that polygamy in LDS history has been rationalized by Mormons, while these same members refuse tolerance of present-day polygamists. Latter-day Saints have even suppressed truth in Mormon history regarding polygamy.

Plural marriage, historiography
Plural marriage, public image

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'The Renegade' and the 'Reorganites' : Fawn Brodie and Her Varied Encounters with the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Differing Visions : Dissenters in Mormon History
Doing the Works of Abraham : Mormon Polygamy―Its Origin, Practice, and Demise