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Joseph Smith/Polygamy/Entering into plural marriage
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Why was Joseph sealed to young women?
Summary: Critics argue that Joseph Smith's polygamous marriages to young women are evidence that he was immoral, perhaps even a pedophile.Fanny Alger and William McLellin
Summary: With a lone exception, there is no account after Joseph’s death of Emma admitting Joseph’s plural marriages in any source. The reported exception is recorded in a newspaper article and two letters written by excommunicated Latter-day Saint apostle William E. McLellin. The former apostle claimed to have visited Emma in 1847 and to have discussed Joseph’s relationship with Fanny Alger. McLellin also reported a tale he had heard about Joseph and Fanny Alger in which they were allegedly observed by Emma together in the barn.Women locked in a room
Summary: Were women locked in a room while Joseph attempted to persuade them?Did Joseph Smith coerce women to marry him?
Summary: Some have claimed that Joseph applied significant pressure on women to be married to him.Did women turn Joseph down?
Summary: Some have claimed that significant pressure was put on women to practice plural marriage in Nauvoo. Did any of these women resist or refuse? What were the consequences of doing so?