Joseph Smith/Polygamy/Emma Smith

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Emma Smith and polygamy

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• Emma Smith's reaction to Joseph Smith's plural marriages
• Joseph Smith hiding plural marriages from his first wife, Emma

Emma Smith's reaction to Joseph Smith's plural marriages

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• Question How did Emma Hale Smith react to Joseph's practice of plural marriage?
• Question: Was Emma was promised "annihilation" if she didn't accept plural marriage?
• Question: Was a pregnant Eliza R. Snow pushed down the stairs by a furious Emma, resulting in a miscarriage?
• Question: Under what circumstances was Doctrine and Covenants Section 132 committed to writing?
• Question: Since first wives were generally to grant permission for sealings to subsequent wives, did Joseph's later sealing to Emma mean that Emma no longer held the role of "first wife"?
• Question: Did Joseph Smith offer to trade Jane Law for Emma Smith in a wife swap with William Law?

Joseph Smith hiding plural marriages from his first wife, Emma

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• Question: Did Joseph hide his plural marriages from Emma, his first wife?
• Question: Was Emma aware of the possibility that Joseph could take additional wives even without her consent?
• Question: What possible modern lessons can we learn from Emma and Joseph's struggle with plural marriage?