Sunstone Mormon History Podcast

E102: Ladies of the Battalion

06.30.2023 - By SunstonePlay

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Women were an integral part of the Mormon Battalion story and Lindsay and Bryan share their histories, including the story of a rogue group of women that braved the wild to avoid practicing polygamy.

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Women of the Mormon Battalion by Larson, Carl V. and Shirley N. Maynes (comps. and eds.)

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Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848 by Ricketts, Norma Baldwin

Called to War: Dawn of the Mormon Battalion by Sherman Fleek

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