Utah Historical Quarterly, Volume 45, Number 3, 1977

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From Impulsive Girl to Patient Wife: Lucy Bigelow Young BY S U S A YOUNG GATES Lucy Bigelow Young ca. 1865. Utah State Historical Society collections.

A o BE A W I F E OF Brigham Young gave one a certain social standing in pioneer Utah, to be sure, but no guarantee of a distinctive place in the histories of that period. Eliza R. Snow made a permanent niche for herself through her organizational activities with the Relief Society and her This manuscript was edited for publication by Miriam B. Murphy, assistant editor of Utah Historical Quarterly. Original spellings and punctuation have been retained. A register of the Susa Young Gates Collection was prepared by the Utah State Historical Society in 1976. The "Lucy Bigelow Young" typescript is found in box 14, folder 5, of the collection.


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