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| − | ===Two women afterward attacked Joseph's character and misrepresented his offer, to which Joseph responded. Those who did not were left strictly alone===
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| − | There are numerous accounts of women to whom Joseph proposed plural marriage, who [[Joseph_Smith/Polygamy/Did_women_turn_Joseph_down|turned him down]].
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| − | Two women afterward attacked Joseph's character and misrepresented his offer. He responded. Those who did not were left strictly alone. There were no consequences to these women. Sarah Kimball reported Joseph's mild reaction to the rejection:
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| − | Early in the year 1842, Joseph Smith taught me the principle of marriage for eternity, and the doctrine of plural marriage. He said that in teaching this he realized that he jeopardized his life; but God had revealed it to him many years before as a privilege with blessings, now God had revealed it again and instructed him to teach it with commandment, as the Church could travel (progress) no further without the introduction of this principle. I asked him to teach it to some one else. He looked at me reprovingly, and said, 'Will you tell me who to teach it to? God required me to teach it to you, and leave you with the responsibility of believing or disbelieving.‘ He said, 'I will not cease to pray for you, and if you will seek unto God in prayer you will not be led into temptation.'<ref>Augusta Joyce Crocheron (author and complier), ''Representative Women of Deseret, a book of biographical sketches to accompany the picture bearing the same title'' (Salt Lake City: J. C. Graham & Co., 1884). </ref>
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| − | (Sarah's husband was not a member of the Church until 1843. There was some tension between him and Joseph as a result of this episode, but he seems to have resolved any animosity he held for the prophet.<ref>See {{HoC|vol=5|start=12|end=13}}; Richard S. Van Wagoner, "Mormon Polyandry in Nauvoo," ''Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought'' 18/3 (Fall 1985): 77; Van Wagoner, "Joseph and Marriage," ''Sunstone'' 10/9 (January 1986): 32.</ref> They were later to go Utah with the Saints, where Sarah assumed a prominent role in the Relief Society. Her husband died while en route to a mission in Hawaii.<ref>Jill C. Mulvay, "The Liberal Shall be Blessed: Sarah M. Kimball," ''Utah Historical Quarterly'' 44/3 (Summer 1976): 209; citing (221n11) "Jenson dates Hiram's baptism July 20, 1843. Andrew Jenson, ''Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia'', 4 vols. (Salt Lake City, 1901-36), 2:372. At the end of 1844 Hiram received a patriarchal blessing, an ordinance usually reserved for church members. Patriarchal Blessings, vol. 9, December 25, 1844, manuscript, LDS Archives."</ref>
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| − | Other women loudly trumpeted the plural marriage doctrine in Nauvoo and the hostile press. These women's testimony and character were generally attacked to try to discredit them in an effort to preserve the secrecy which surrounded plural marriage. (This factor is complicated by the fact that at least some ''were'' guilty of inappropriate behavior (e.g., likely [[Polygamy book/John C. Bennett|Sarah Pratt]]). Despite attacks on their character, some remained in Nauvoo and likewise suffered no physical harm (e.g., [[Polygamy book/John C. Bennett|Nancy Rigdon]]).
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