Year of Polygamy Podcast

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Episode 58: Ann Gordge- The Mormon Calamity Jane Oct 16, 2014

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Join Lindsay as she discusses the fantastic and gruesome autobiography of the youngest wife of John D. Lee, Ann Gordge. This episode contains strong themes of violence and listener discretion is advised. Links mentioned in this podcast: […]

Episode 57: Polygamy Gets the Right to Vote Oct 09, 2014

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Join Lindsay and Kate Kelly as they discuss the Women’s Suffrage movement and how polygamy played and integral role. Links mentioned in this podcast: Photo of Martha Huges Cannon in the Utah State Senate in 1897 Sister-Wives and Suffragists: Polygamy […]

Episode 56: Mormon Polygamy in the Mexican Colonies Sep 29, 2014

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Join Lindsay as she talks with historian Barbara Jones Brown about polygamy in Mexico around the turn of the century. Links mentioned in this podcast: Join the Mormon History Association! Article in Deseret News, “Remembering a Grand Soul, Lorna […]

Episode 55: Emmeline Free- Brigham’s “Abandoned Pet” Sep 22, 2014

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Join Lindsay as she interview genealogist Corey Horward about one of Brigham Young’s most beloved wives, Emmeline Free. Links mentioned in this podcast: Emmeline Free Young Biographical Sketch, by Corey Howard Newspaper article, “Brigham’s Abandoned Pet”

Episode 54: Lucinda Dalton, Feminist Mormon Pioneer Sep 20, 2014

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Join Lindsay as she discusses the life of Women’s Exponent writer Lucinda Dalton and the strange case of her posthumous divorce from her polygamist husband. Links mentioned in this podcast: Buy the reading guide here! Sister Saints […]

Episode 53: Federal Legislation of Utah Polygamy Sep 14, 2014

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Join Lindsay as she interviews Perry Porter about the legislation and laws surrounding Mormon polygamy. Links mentioned in this podcast: Perry’s chronology of polygamy site Dialogue: Politicians, Mormons, Utah, and Statehood Religious duty arguments Article of marriage (Footnotes below […]

Episode 52: Obscure Polygamous Women and Paula Kelly Harline Sep 08, 2014

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Join Lindsay as she chats with author of The Polygamous Wives Writing Club, Paula Kelly Harline about her book, her opinions on the practice of plural marriage, and the voices of obscure Mormon frontierswomen. Links mentioned in this podcast: […]

Episode 51: Amelia Folsom “The Favorite Wife” Sep 04, 2014

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Join Lindsay as she discusses the famous woman married to Brigham Young, dubbed as “Brigham’s Pet,” Amelia Folsom, said to be his favorite wife. Links mentioned in this podcast: The Tyranny of Mormonism: Or An Englishwoman in Utah; an Autobiography […]

Episode 50: Marriage to Brigham Young Aug 30, 2014

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Join Lindsay as she interviews former LDS Church archivist and former State of Utah archivist Jeffery Johnson about the women married to Brigham Young. Links mentioned in this episode: Defining ‘Wife’: The Brigham Young Households,” by Jeffrey Johnson […]

Episode 49: Emma Lee French Aug 25, 2014

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Join Lindsay as she talks about Emma Batchelor Lee French, a favorite wife of John D. Lee of Mountain Meadows Massacre fame. Links mentioned in this podcast: Will Bagley’s: “ONE LONG FUNERAL MARCH”: A REVISIONIST’S VIEW OF THE MORMON […]

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