Dr. Martha Cannon of Utah : The Unexpected Victorian Life of America's First Female State Senator.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacobson, Joan.

Series:

The History Press

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cannon, Martha Hughes.

Latter Day Saint women--Utah--Biography.

Latter Day Saint women.

Women legislators--United States--Biography.

Women legislators.

Suffragists--Utah--Biography.

Suffragists.

Physicians--Utah--Biography.

Physicians.

Welsh Americans--Utah--Biography.

Welsh Americans.

Polygamy--Utah.

Polygamy.

Utah--History--19th century.

Utah.

Utah--History--20th century.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (158 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Arcadia Publishing Inc., 2023.

Summary:

"Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon was no hands-on-the-plow pioneer. She was no stereotypical polygamous wife. Nor was she a prim lady who blushed at the word legs. Victorian Mormons were proud to lead the way in empowering women. 'Verily the world progresseth,' exclaimed the Deseret Evening News on March 17, 1869, celebrating a Congressional bill to give Utah women the vote. But the federal intention to have female suffrage in Utah destroy polygamy failed. The 1882 Edmunds Act made 'cohabitation' a felony. To protect her polygamous husband, she fled to England with their infant daughter. Upon her return, she reestablished her medical practice and opened Utah's first training school for nurses. Nominated by local Democrats, Mattie ran against her husband for state senate in 1896, beating him by four thousand votes. Author Joan Jacobson chronicles an extraordinary life remarkably relevant for today."--Back cover.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Preface: The Victorian Era: Kookier Than Corsets and Crochet

Acknowledgements

1. The Poor and Putrid Victorian World: It's Just Plain Gross

2. Crazy Cult: True Woman and Piano Pants

3. Holy Matrimony in the Haymow: Joseph Smith and Secret Polygamy

4. Utter Destitution to Happy Delusions: Getting the Hell out of Wales

5. Down and Dirty: Victorian Prostitution and Adultery

6. Little Wanderers, Baby Farms and the Ragamuffin Railroad

7. Polygamy, Hypocrisy and Presidential Promiscuity

8. Get to Work, Ladies! Build Businesses! Birth Babies!

9. Go East, Young Woman!: Mattie Learns Medicine "In the World"

10. First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage, Then Comes Baby…

11. One Feather in the Bird: Mormon Polygamy Evolves, Splinters, Molts

12. Happify Your Wives: After the Honeymoon, Before the Divorce

13. Polls, Pregnancy and Persecution: Mattie Flees to Europe

14. Marriage? Bah Humbug!: The Victorian Free Lovers and Non-Lovers

15. Mattie Multitasks, Freak State Feminists Fight for the Vote

16. All's Fair in Love and Politics: The 1896 Race for Utah State Senate

17. A Big Battle, Bills and Baby Brouhaha: Senator Mattie Goes to the Capitols

18. Twentieth-Century Coda: After Two Steps Forward, It's One Step Back

Bibliography

About the Author.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Jacobson, Joan Dr. Martha Cannon of Utah

ISBN:

9781439679555

143967955X

OCLC:

1417198273