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Can the LDS talk honestly about polygamy? A new book could help.
The unknowns about eternal polygamy are ‘answered with speculation and myths, creating undue fear and angst,’ says the author of a new book.
Studio portrait of Wilford Woodruff in 1889. Photo by Charles Roscoe Savage/Harold B. Lee Library/Creative Commons
July 29, 2021
(RNS) Ten years ago, as I finished up teaching a Relief Society lesson, in which I discussed The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints’ history of polygamy, my local Relief Society president came up to me and whispered, “You know, the Holy Spirit left the room the moment you said the ‘p’ word.”
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What is Emma Smith’s greatest accomplishment?
Jennifer Reeder smiled at the question and shared the first thought that came into her mind.
“That she survived,” she said.
The simple response is not intended to diminish the role and influence of the first Relief Society president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the person responsible for compiling its first hymnal. But it begins to offer some insight into the complex life of Emma, church founder Joseph Smith’s beloved wife, who Reeder calls the “first woman of the Restoration” in her new book, “First: The Life and Faith of Emma Smith.”