Wife No. 19 Or the Story of a Life in Bondage: Being a Complete Expose of Mormonism and Revealing the Sorrows Sacrifices and Sufferings of Women I

2010 Reprint of 1876 Illustrated edition. This is the true facsimile of the rare original edition with illustrations not a OCR based reprint. Ann Eliza Young (September 13 1844-1925) also known as Ann Eliza Webb Dee Young Denning was one of Brigham Youngs fifty-five wives and later a critic of polygamy. She spoke out against the suppression of women and was an advocate for womens rights during the 19th century. In 1876 she published an autobiography entitled Wife No. 19. In it she wrote that she had a desire to impress upon the world what Mormonism really is; to show the pitiable condition of its women held in a system of bondage that is more cruel than African slavery ever was since it claims to hold body and soul alike. This is her account of the horrors of polygamy and masonry.