Word: wifehood
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...deeply religious man, Pyle declared himself "unalterably opposed to the wicked theory that every maturing child should be forced into multiple wifehood with the sole purpose of producing more children to become more chattels of this totally lawless enterprise." Possibly the Governor was thoroughly astounded by the fact that a three year old Short Creek boy was the great-great-grand-uncle of a three year old neighbor. Whether or not the tots liked the idea, the women were certainly happy. When informed that they were to live with only their legal husbands, seventy-five of them fled to Utah...