Thursday, January 26, 2023

Poet Eliza Snow, the plural wife of prophets who fought for polygamy, women

I like that headline!

Is it not curious that the LGBTQ community does not embrace polygamy/polyandry? It is actually very curious omission!

"Eliza R. Snow — poet, preacher, president and plural wife of prophets Joseph Smith and Brigham Young — was a staunch defender of polygamy.
“She spoke about the curse of Eve and overcoming the fall through plural marriage,” historian Jennifer Reeder said ..."

"Eliza Roxcy Snow (January 21, 1804 – December 5, 1887) was one of the most celebrated Latter Day Saint women of the nineteenth century. A renowned poet, she chronicled history, celebrated nature and relationships, and expounded scripture and doctrine. ..."

"... Do you know of any place on the face of the earth,” she asked in 1870, “where woman has more liberty, and where she enjoys such high and glorious privileges as she does here, as a Latter-day Saint?” [Maybe there is a kernel of truth in this statement]  ...
Her obituary in the New York Times described her as “one of the central figures of the Mormon galaxy.” ..."

‘Mormon Land’: Historians discuss poet Eliza Snow, the plural wife of prophets who fought for polygamy, women

Eliza R. Snow (Source: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)

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