42: Emma and Joseph | 132 Problems: Revisiting Mormon Polygamy

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Who was Emma Smith? What do we really know about her, and her relationship with God and her prophet husband? What can the lives, character, and interactions of Emma and Joseph teach us about their relationship, and polygamy?

This one is long, but extremely important.

Sources:

"Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith" by Linda King Newell and Valerie Tippets Avery

"First: The Life and Faith of Emma Smith" by Jennifer Reeder

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/times-and-seasons-1-october-1842/13

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-to-emma-smith-and-the-relief-society-31-march-1842/1

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-to-emma-smith-4-april-1839/1#full-transcript

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-from-emma-smith-7-march-1839/1#full-transcript

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2008/09/my-dear-and-beloved-companion-the-letters-of-joseph-and-emma-smith?lang=eng

https://www.josephsmithjr.org/emma-smith-an-elect-lady-and-mother-in-israel/

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/saints-v1/39-the-seventh-trouble?lang=eng

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1992/08/my-great-great-grandmother-emma-hale-smith?lang=eng

https://archive.org/details/TheSaintsHerald_Volume_26_1879/page/n287/mode/2up?view=theater