"An Englishwoman in Utah: The Story of a Life's Experience in Mormonism" by T. B. H. Stenhouse is a 19th-century autobiography that takes the reader into the author’s experiences with Mormonism, starting with her upbringing in England and her family’s conversion, which led to their move to Utah. The story emphasizes topics like women’s rights, the practice of polygamy, and what people sacrifice for their beliefs, all from a real, personal perspective. From the beginning, the pressures and conflicts of joining a new religion take center stage as Stenhouse struggles with her identity and marriage to a Mormon elder. These early chapters hint at the struggles associated with polygamy and conforming to the church's expectations for women, setting the stage for a story where faith and the fight for women's rights are deeply connected.
An Englishwoman in Utah: The Story of a Life's Experience in Mormonism
By T. B. H. Stenhouse
A woman recounts her life as a convert to Mormonism, revealing her challenges with faith, marriage, and the complex world of a controversial religious practice.
Summary
About the AuthorFanny Warn Stenhouse was an early Mormon pioneer who defected from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was most famous for her 1872 publication Exposé of Polygamy in Utah: A Lady’s Life among the Mormons, a record of personal experience as one of the wives of a Mormon elder during a period of more than twenty years in the mid-1800s.
Fanny Warn Stenhouse was an early Mormon pioneer who defected from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was most famous for her 1872 publication Exposé of Polygamy in Utah: A Lady’s Life among the Mormons, a record of personal experience as one of the wives of a Mormon elder during a period of more than twenty years in the mid-1800s.
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