Wife No. 19

Ann Eliza Young

• Publisher: Open Road Media
• Year: 2022
• eBook ISBN: 9781504080354
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Social Science Biographies
• Index: Social Sciences

The compelling memoir of the nineteenth wife of Brigham Young, second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

In 1869, Ann Eliza Young married Brigham Young, becoming what she believed to be his nineteenth wife. She went on to file for divorce in 1873, alleging neglect, cruel treatment, and desertion. She was excommunicated from the church in 1874, and the divorce was granted the following year. She would go on to lead a fight against polygamy, Mormonism, and Brigham Young, testifying before US Congress.

In Wife No. 19, Young shares her account of her life in the LDS Church. It served as an exposé, detailing the treatment of herself and other female church members. Originally published in 1876, this autobiography went on to be the basis of Irving Wallace's 1961 biography The Twenty-Seventh Wife, as well as David Ebershoff's 2008 novel, The 19th Wife.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Contents
• CHAPTER I. THE DATS OF MY CHILDHOOD. — WHY I EVER WAS A MORMON.
• CHAPTER II. FOUNDING THE NEW RELIGION. — ASSASSINATION OF JOSEPH SMITH.
• CHAPTER III. THE “REVELATION ON CELESTIAL MARRIAGE.”—TROUBLE AMONG THE SAINTS.
• CHAPTER IV. AFTER JOSEPH’S DEATH. — BRIGHAM YOUNG ELECTED PROPHET.
• CHAPTER V. MY FATHER’S PLURAL.-WIFE.—CHILDHOOD IN POLYGAMY.
• CHAPTER VI. FORSAKING DEAR ZION.—WE FIND A NEW HOME IN THE FAR WEST.
• CHAPTER VII. OUR WELCOME TO “ZION.” —UTAH IN EARLY DAYS.
• CHAPTER VIII. TROUBLES UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM.
• CHAPTER IX. THE HARDSHIPS AND PERILS OF LIFE IN A NEW COUNTRY.
• CHAPTER X. THE UTAH “REFORMATION.” —“A REIGN OF TERROR.”— THE BLOOD-ATONEMENT PREACHED.
• CHAPTER XI. “DIVINE EMIGRATION.” —THE PROPHET AND THE HANDCART SCHEME.
• CHAPTER XII. BRIGHAM’S HAND-CART SCHEME, CONTINUED. — FAILURE OF THE “DIVINE PLAN.”
• CHAPTER XIII. THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS’ MASSACRE. — “VENGEANCE IS MINE: I WILL REPAY.”
• CHAPTER XIV. BETRAYED AND MURDERED.—TRIAL OF JOHN D. LEE.
• CHAPTER XV. THE BLOOD-ATONEMENT. — THE DESTROYING ANGELS. — DANITES AND THEIR DEEDS.
• CHAPTER XVI. FRIGHTFUL DEEDS OF BLOOD. — MORMONISM IN ITS TRUE LIGHT.
• CHAPTER XVII. TROUBLES IN OUR OWN FAMILY. — LOUISE COMES UPON THE SCENE.
• CHAPTER XVIII. INCREASE OF POLYGAMY. — MIXED-UP CONDITION OF MATRIMONIAL AFFAIRS.
• CHAPTER XIX. THE MYSTERIES OF POLYGAMY. — WHAT THE WIVES COULD TELL.
• CHAPTER XX. BRIGHAM BUILDS WAGONS BY “INSPIRATION.” —THE CHURCH SETS UP A WHISKEY-STORE.
• CHAPTER XXI. GOING THROUGH THE “ENDOWMENT-HOUSE.” — I TAKE THE MYSTERIOUS BATHS,
• CHAPTER XXII. WE CARRY ON THE ENDOWMENT DRAMA. —I AM FULLY INITIATED.
• CHAPTER XXIII. THE PROPHET MAKES LOVE TO ME. —I HAVE OTHER VIEWS.
• CHAPTER XXIV. MY FIRST MARRIAGE. — A LIFE’S MISTAKE.
• CHAPTER XXV. EARLY MARRIED LIFE. — MY HUSBAND AND MY MOTHER.
• CHAPTER XXVI. AFTER MY DIVORCE. — AFFAIRS AT HOME.
• CHAPTER XXVII. A WALK WITH THE PROPHET. —HE MAKES LOVE TO ME.
• CHAPTER XXVIII. HOW BRIGHAM YOUNG FORCED ME TO MARRY HIM.
• CHAPTER XXIX. MY MARRIAGE WITH BRIGHAM YOUNG. — HOW THE OTHER WIVES RECEIVED ME.
• CHAPTER XXX. THE PROPHET’S FAMILY CIRCLE. —HIS WIVES AND CHILDREN.
• CHAPTER XXXI. THE WIVES OF THE PROPHET. — BROTHER BRIGHAM’S DOMESTIC TROUBLES.
• CHAPTER XXXII. THE PROPHETS FAVORITE WIFE. —HOW HE CONDUCTED HIS LOVE AFFAIRS.
• CHAPTER XXXIII. THE DEAD WIVES OF THE PROPHET. — HE NEVER WAS KNOWN TO SHED A TEAR.
• CHAPTER XXXIV. THE PROPHET AT HOME. —HOW HE LOOKS, LIVES, AND ACTS.—MORMON PHILANTHROPY AND EDUCATION.
• CHAPTER XXXV. BRIGHAM AS A FARMER. — MY NEW HOUSE. — TAKING BOARDERS.
• CHAPTER XXXVI. BREAKING THE YOKE. —I LEAVE MY HOME.
• CHAPTER XXXVII. THE DIVORCE SUIT. — PROCEEDINGS IN COURT. — BRIGHAM’S AFFIDAVIT.
• CHAPTER XXXVIII. MY ESCAPE FROM SALT LAKE CITY. —MY PUBLIC CAREER.
• CHAPTER XXXIX. CHURCH GOVERNMENT. — MORMON APOSTLES. — THE ORDER OF ENOCH.
• CHAPTER XL. THE CONDITION OF MORMON WOMEN. —HIGH AND LOW LIFE IN POLYGAMY.
• CHAPTER XLI. MY RETURN TO UTAH.—SECRET OF BRIGHAM’S POWER.— UTAH’S FUTURE.
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