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- Title
The Shadow Succession Crisis: Challenging the Claim That Brigham Young Disbanded the Relief Society in 1845.
- Authors
Rich, Katie Ludlow
- Abstract
This article challenges the claim that Brigham Young disbanded the Female Relief Society in 1845. It argues that the society ceased meeting as an ecclesiastical organization after March 1844 due to conflicts surrounding plural marriage and the events surrounding the martyrdoms of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. The claim that Young disbanded the Relief Society emerged in the 1980s and became the dominant narrative, but the author argues that this interpretation is inaccurate. The article suggests re-engaging with the nuance around the end of the Relief Society in Nauvoo to include women's voices and experiences in the historical narrative. The text discusses the history of the Relief Society in Nauvoo, particularly focusing on the claim that Brigham Young disbanded the organization in 1845. The author argues that there is no contemporary evidence to support this claim and that it has significant implications for the historical record. They highlight how this claim has shaped the narrative of Mormon women's history and how it has led to the exclusion of women from the historical narrative. The author suggests that scholars need to do more work to integrate women into the narratives of the Succession Crisis and to explore their agency and engagement with institutional power during this time. This article explores the role of women in the early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) during the Nauvoo period. It discusses how women participated in plural marriages and the Anointed Quorum, a priesthood quorum that included both
- Subjects
POLYGAMY; WIDOWS; INHERITANCE &; succession; WOMEN'S empowerment; LEADERSHIP in women; GREAT men &; women
- Publication
Journal of Mormon History, 2024, Vol 50, Issue 2, p78
- ISSN
0094-7342
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5406/24736031.50.2.05