"Mormon" Women's Protest. An Appeal for Freedom, Justice and Equal Rights.

Full Account of Proceedings at the Great Mass Meeting, held in the Theatre. 

Salt Lake City, Utah, 1886

Softback is overall in VERY GOOD condition.

• Off-white wraps have border and title text in black ink. 
• Wraps show some wear, exposure, smudges, bumps, scuffing, warping, edgewear.  Corners are softened and thumbed.  See photos.  
• Spine is darkened, with 1/2" missing from wrap at head end.  See photos.  
• Binding is secure. 
• Owner inscription on title page.  
• Interior is gently age-toned, exhibits some staining in margins, some smudges, a few corners turned back.  Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• PS2025.0211

91 pages. 6 x 9 inches

An original copy of the pamphlet published to preserve "for present use and future reference" the full record of the proceedings of the meeting of Latter-day Saints women convened on Saturday, March 6, 1886.  Wraps show some wear and handling; interior is bright with some scattered smudges.  Overall a Very Good- copy of this important historical record.  

Two thousand Mormon women gathered at the Salt Lake Theatre on Saturday, March 6, 1886, to protest the “indignities and insults heaped upon them as wives and daughters of Mormons” in Utah district courts.  Under the direction of Mary Isabella Horne, elected president of the protest meeting, 33 women presented personal statements reacting to the legal and political ramifications of the pending Edmunds-Tucker Bill then before Congress, which included the loss of voting privileges and self-government.  These women, motivated by restricted religious rights, were prompted to political action.

Following the meeting, the proceedings were compiled into the pamphlet offered here.  The text includes the news notices prior to the event, transcripts of speeches, resolutions, and poems composed for the occasion, and undelivered speeches and letters written for the event.  Women involved included female doctors, teachers, authors and poets, women’s rights advocates, religious and community leaders, and mothers.

Inscribed "Mary H. White, May 2" on title page.

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