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/api/stylesheets/44?nofonts=1 MORMON PIONEER POLYGAMOUS WIVES "On average, 25 to 30 percent of [Mormon] men, women, and children [in the late 1800's] lived in polygamous families, and the wives correctly believed that their contribution would help build a solid foundation for generations of Mormons to come." Paula Harline, The Polygamous Wives Writing Club Population of Mormons 1855 18 60 18 65 1870 1875 1880 140000 120000 100000 8 0000 60000 40000 20000 Partially due to the encouragement of polygamous marriage by Brigham Young, the population of Mormons in the Great Basin (most of current Utah and Nevada and parts of Idaho, Wyoming, Oregon, and California) grew over 250% by the time of Young's death in 1877. 23% The percentage of polygamous husbands who married their wives' sisters During the Mormon "frontier period" between 1847 and 1869, Mormon women married about a year younger than Western rural women and four years younger than women in Massachusetts. Women married by age 16 27% Women married by age 20 83% Women married by age 24 97% 1890 The year The Manifesto officially advised against any future plural marriage in the Mormon Church Read more in The Polygamous Wives Writing Club: From the Diaries of Mormon Pioneer Women by Paula Kelly Harline (9780199346509). Now available wherever books are sold. Also available as e-book. oup.com/us Create infographics

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MORMONPIONEERPOLYGAMOUSWIVES

"Onaverage,25to30percentof[Mormon]men,women,andchildren[inthelate1800's]livedinpolygamous

families,andthewivescorrectlybelievedthattheircontributionwouldhelpbuildasolidfoundationforgenerationsof

Mormonstocome."

PaulaHarline,ThePolygamousWivesWritingClub

Populat ionof Mormons

1855 1860 1865 1870 1875 1880

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100000

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PartiallyduetotheencouragementofpolygamousmarriagebyBrighamYoung,thepopulationofMormonsintheGreatBasin(mostofcurrentUtahandNevadaandpartsofIdaho,Wyoming,Oregon,andCalifornia)grewover250%bythetimeofYoung'sdeathin1877.

23%The percentage of polygamoushusbands who married theirwives' sisters

DuringtheMormon"frontierperiod"between1847and1869,MormonwomenmarriedaboutayearyoungerthanWesternruralwomenandfouryearsyoungerthanwomeninMassachusetts.

Womenmarriedbyage16

27%

Womenmarriedbyage20

83%

Womenmarriedbyage24

97%

1890The year The Manifesto officiallyadvised against any future pluralmarriage in the Mormon Church

ReadmoreinThePolygamousWivesWritingClub:FromtheDiariesofMormonPioneerWomenbyPaulaKellyHarline(9780199346509).Nowavailablewhereverbooksaresold.Alsoavailablease-book.oup.com/us

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