Mormon midwife the 1846-1888 diaries of Patty Bartlett Sessions
"Patty Session's 1847 Mormon Trail diary has been widely quoted and excerpted, but her complete diaries chronicling the first decades of Mormon settlement at Salt Lake City have never before been published. They provide a detailed record of early Mormon community life from Illinois to Utah...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Logan, Utah
Utah State University Press
1997, 1997
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| Series: | Life writings of frontier women
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | "Patty Session's 1847 Mormon Trail diary has been widely quoted and excerpted, but her complete diaries chronicling the first decades of Mormon settlement at Salt Lake City have never before been published. They provide a detailed record of early Mormon community life from Illinois to Utah through the eyes of Mormondom's most famous midwife. They also recount her important role in women's social networks and her contributions to community health and Utah's economy, to pioneer education and horticulture. Patty Sessions assisted at the births of humdreds of early Mormons and first-generation Utahns, meticulously recording the events. Shed had an active role in the founding of the Relief Society and health organizations. She spoke in tongues and administered spiritually as well as medically to the ill. Her diaries are a rich resource for early Mormon and Utah history."--Publisher's description |
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| Item Description: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002 |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 457 pages illustrations |
| ISBN: | 6613077925 087421274X 1283077922 9780874212747 9780874212273 0874212278 9786613077929 9781283077927 |