{"product_id":"a-house-full-of-females-plural-marriage-and-womens-rights-in-early-mormonism-1835-1870-paperback","title":"A House Full of Females: Plural Marriage and Women's Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835-1870 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaurel Thatcher Ulrich\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eA Midwife's Tale, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize for History, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Homespun\u003c\/i\u003e--a revelatory, nuanced, and deeply intimate look at the world of early Mormon women whose seemingly ordinary lives belied an astonishingly revolutionary spirit, drive, and determination.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA stunning and sure-to-be controversial book that pieces together, through more than two dozen nineteenth-century diaries, letters, albums, minute-books, and quilts left by first-generation Latter-day Saints, or Mormons, the never-before-told story of the earliest days of the women of Mormon \"plural marriage,\" whose right to vote in the state of Utah was given to them by a Mormon-dominated legislature as an outgrowth of polygamy in 1870, fifty years ahead of the vote nationally ratified by Congress, and who became political actors in spite of, or because of, their marital arrangements. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, writing of this small group of Mormon women who've previously been seen as mere names and dates, has brilliantly reconstructed these textured, complex lives to give us a fulsome portrait of who these women were and of their \"sex radicalism\"--the idea that a woman should choose when and with whom to bear children.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLAUREL THATCHER ULRICH\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Sugar City, Idaho. She holds degrees from the University of New Hampshire, University of Utah, and Simmons College. She is 300th Anniversary University Professor at Harvard University and past president of the American Historical Association. As a MacArthur Fellow, Ulrich worked on the PBS documentary based on \u003ci\u003eA Midwife's Tale.\u003c\/i\u003e Her work is also featured on an award-winning website called dohistory.org. She is immediate past president of the Mormon History Association. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754190078240,"sku":"9780307742124","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/591003a92809e8f8219d66812bd6d43a.webp?v=1780035394","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-house-full-of-females-plural-marriage-and-womens-rights-in-early-mormonism-1835-1870-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}