SOURCE: “Polygamous yet Monogamous: Cultural Conflict in the Writings of Mormon Polygamous Wives,” in Old West—New West: Centennial Essays, edited by Barbara Howard Meldrum, University of Idaho Press, 1993, pp. 115-32.
In the following essay, Harline uses private writings included in the diaries and autobiographies of Mormon women to show how these polygamous wives were torn between their faith in the mandates of God and their emotional struggles with the realities of day-to-day life.
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