Zina Huntington?

[Rob4Hope]

Anyone got a link to this whole article,...or any info on it?

Consider this direct quote from Zina Huntington as she described romance in polygamy in an article published in New York World in 1869:

"[The successful polygamous wife] must regard her husband with indifference, and with no other feeling but reverence, for love we regard as false sentiment; a feeling which should have no existence in polygamy."

[MerrieMiss]

I'm not sure what you're looking for. Where did you get the quote you pasted?

The quote has been referenced numerous times. It is on page 108 in my copy of In Sacred Loneliness. Supposedly, it comes from an interview with Zina Diantha Huntington Jacobs Smith Young and published in The New York World, although I can't find it, having only used newspaperarchive.com.

There is a Dialogue article by Eugene England, also available on eugeneengland.org which uses the quote and references The New York World.
https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-cont ... N01_55.pdf

[Rob4Hope]

I went out looking in the same source as you but was unable to find the quote.

If the quote is in the Compton book, that is a good start. I don't own that book,...yet.

I think I got the quote originally from a reddit site. Its interesting enough to me (and I think it has some credibility) that I wanted to find the first-hand source. Unable to do it so far cuz I can't find that dang newspaper article.

[Brent]

My Father in Law always told his headstrong daughters that "If you don't want to, you won't have to live polygamy." To which I would mumble under my breath "don't think it reads that way in the D&C"...

I don't understand at any level how women shared. Men simply wouldn't.

[moksha]

https://www.google.com/search?q=must+re ... e&ie=UTF-8

[Reuben]

https://www.google.com/search?q=must+re ... e&ie=UTF-8

Ayup. Romantic love is a privilege afforded the monogamous, and sometimes the polygamist man and his favorite wife. That's how they shared.

[Not Buying It]

Anyone got a link to this whole article,...or any info on it?

Consider this direct quote from Zina Huntington as she described romance in polygamy in an article published in New York World in 1869:

"[The successful polygamous wife] must regard her husband with indifference, and with no other feeling but reverence, for love we regard as false sentiment; a feeling which should have no existence in polygamy."

Yeah, early Mormons didn't believe in love in polygamous marriages, but they made darn well sure there was plenty of sex.

What a messed up system. Modern members should be ashamed of themselves for trying to defend it.

[Rob4Hope]

Anyone got a link to this whole article,...or any info on it?

Consider this direct quote from Zina Huntington as she described romance in polygamy in an article published in New York World in 1869:

"[The successful polygamous wife] must regard her husband with indifference, and with no other feeling but reverence, for love we regard as false sentiment; a feeling which should have no existence in polygamy."

Yeah, early Mormons didn't believe in love in polygamous marriages, but they made darn well sure there was plenty of sex.

What a messed up system. Modern members should be ashamed of themselves for trying to defend it.

The more I learn about this system, the more it makes no sense whatsoever. But, knowing that things were like this, it makes sense now why guys like SWK would say that any two people can make a marriage work if they follow the gospel.

Why would he say this?...because love has nothing to do with marriage (or so it seems this was the tradition from the early days). The only thing that matters is obedience to what you are told by the Leadership.

Pay and pray....you know?

[FiveFingerMnemonic]

That woman sure had a lot of last names!