tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post2196617591147562536..comments2024-02-10T11:02:03.896-05:00Comments on Reader in the Wilderness: Desert Wives and the Human & Economic Costs of PolygamyJudithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06435116453270981662noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post-76919102935499126842012-03-19T02:38:29.890-04:002012-03-19T02:38:29.890-04:00This book is on my wish list after Maxine's re...This book is on my wish list after Maxine's review. It's a very interesting subject.Sarahhttp://crimepieces.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post-64113726856604062282012-03-18T13:56:03.552-04:002012-03-18T13:56:03.552-04:00Thanks for the mention, Judith. I was shaken by th...Thanks for the mention, Judith. I was shaken by the experience of reading Desert Wives. I have not heard of/seen "Big Love" but from what you write it sounds like "all one big happy family" type of approach. Hmmmm.<br />What you write in your last paragraph about the historical aspect is interesting, as presumably if a man had a few wives his home was better protected, farmed, etc while he was away. The concept has become completely warped by the kinds of practice (not to mention mass abuse of the welfare system) exposed by Betty Webb. Just one final comment, I imagine that many monogomous (non Mormon) pioneers also went exploring and left their wife (singular) and children to look after the farm - as depicted in eg Laura Ingalls Wilder books which we loved so much as children. There, the small communities also joined together to help, when there were any. <br /><br />It also reminds me of WW2 when the men all went off to fight and the women all became workers, and did very well at it too (eg the movie Rosie the Riveter). Unfortunately, when the men came home they wanted their jobs back and women were re-relegated to the home. Perhaps the roots of the feminist movement in the USA?Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.com