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Women of Principle Hardcover - 1998

by Janet Bennion


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This book offers an in-depth study of the female experience in one Mormon polygynous community, the Apostolic United Brethren. Women in such rigid, patriarchal religious groups are commonly portrayed as the oppressed, powerless victims of male domination. Janet Bennion shows, however, that the reality is far more complex. Many women converts are attracted to this group, and they are much more likely than male converts to remain there. Often these women are seeking improved socio-economic status for themselves and their children, as well as an escape from their marginalized status in the mainstream Mormon church. In the polygynous group women experience rapid assimilation, autonomy, and upward mobility. Bennion supports her study with narratives from the lives of women now living in the group--narratives that clearly reveal why many mainstream Mormon women are viewing polygyny as a viable alternative to the difficulties to single-motherhood, "spinsterhood," poverty, and emotional
deprivation.

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  • Title Women of Principle
  • Author Janet Bennion
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, New York, NY
  • Date 1998-10-08
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780195120707 / 0195120701
  • Weight 0.89 lbs (0.40 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.87 x 5.88 x 0.71 in (22.53 x 14.94 x 1.80 cm)
  • Reading level 1350
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
    • Religious Orientation: Lds (Mormon) Interest
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Mormon women - United States - Case studies, Polygamy - United States - Case studies
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97030463
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.842
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