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8392
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English
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Plurality, Patriarchy and the Priestess : Zina D. H. Young's Nauvoo Marriages
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Journal of Mormon History
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Spring 1994
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20
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Mormon History Association
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84-118
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[1995 Mormon Historical Association Winner for BYU Women’s Research Institute Best Article]
One of the most challenging stories in LDS Church history involves Zina D. H. Young. By the time she was 25 years old, she was married to one man (Henry B. Jacobs) and sealed to two others (Joseph Smith and Brigham Young). The authors examine the story of her Nauvoo marriages from a feminist perspective in an effort to understand the origins of plural marriage and how it enhanced Mormon patriarchy. In Zina's case, why would a woman who was happily married to and had children by one man, leave him at the invitation of another man to become one of his plural wives? The authors try to answer this and other intriguing questions. When Joseph Smith introduced the principle of plural marriage to young women, he invoked the moral authority of revelation, priesthood power, and the principle of obedience. If they believed him and in him as God's prophet, the only course of action they had was to submit to his judgment, authority, and power. Zina and other women who became plural wives in Nauvoo were obedient, compliant, and willingly subordinate. Entering the unique network of polygamous familial relationships, polygamous wives passed the enormous loyalty test because they chose to believe Joseph Smith. They believed they were participants in the Lord's work as revealed through His prophet.
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