This ebook edition includes an active table of contents, reflowable text, and 150 illustrations of the people, places and events in Ann Eliza Young’s life. A True Story of Love, Race, and War in the Nineteenth Century From five hundred family letters, award-winning historian Martha Hodes re-creates the. Her story was an immediate best-seller, and remains a gripping read to this day. In this autobiography, dedicated to the Mormon Wives of Utah, she published a devastating exposé of the privation, cruelty and violence that were a constant part of their lives. One story is from the 1800s about Eliza Ann Young as the 19th wife of Brigham Young, ( one of the founders of the Mormon Church). Excommunicated from the church, she traveled the country, speaking out against polygamy and Mormonism, and becoming an early advocate for women’s rights in 19th century America. National Book Award nominee Milton Rugoff gives his uniquely revealing view of the Gilded Age in this collective biography of Americans from 1850 to 1890.Writing on the political spoilsmen, money.
Less than five years later, she filed for divorce on the grounds of neglect, cruel treatment, and desertion – and shocked the tight-knit Mormon community by winning the case.
The true story behind David Ebershoff’s bestseller “The 19th Wife”!Īt the age of 24, Ann Eliza Webb was forced into marriage with Brigham Young, her spiritual leader and the 67-year-old president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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