TY - BOOK ID - 77873545 TI - Women of principle : female networking in contemporary Mormon polygyny PY - 1998 SN - 1280470542 0195353005 0585192235 9780585192239 9780195353006 9780195120707 0195120701 9781280470547 0195120701 0197741940 PB - New York : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Mormon women KW - Polygamy KW - Multiple marriage KW - Plural marriage KW - Marriage KW - Non-monogamous relationships KW - Women, Mormon KW - Christian women KW - Apostolic United Brethren. KW - Allreds (Religious group) KW - Allred Group KW - Corporation of the Presiding Elder of the Apostolic United Brethren KW - Case studies KW - Latter Day Saint women UR - http://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77873545 AB - A study of the struggles of contemporary Mormon polygynous women, which claims that the women gain economic security and social autonomy through networks with others of the same sex when the patriarch is absent from the family. The author argues that Mormon women see polygyny as an alternative to isolation, poverty, and emotional deprivation. ER -