Ep 137 – Emma’ Stairway to Hell
Naked Mormonism Podcast
Bryce Blankenagel
4.7 • 680 Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2019
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
On this episode, we discuss the historicity of an altercation between Eliza Snow and Emma Hale Smith. Legend has it that Emma saw Eliza who was “heavy with child” kiss Jo and pushed Eliza down the stairs in a fit of jealous rage. It’s common oral tradition passed down for generations, but did it really happen? We dive into where the story came from and what the documentary history can tell us of the supposed incident. History isn’t always so cut and dry.
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Nauvoo Mansion and Homestead
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FairMormon did Emma push Eliza down the stairs
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Emma and Eliza and the Stairs by Beecher, Avery, and Newell
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2160&context=byusq
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| 0:00.0 | This week's episode of Naked Mormonism is brought to you by $49 sites. |
| 0:04.8 | Visit $49 sites.com and enter promo code Naked to get a free upgrade to the pro package. |
| 0:09.9 | Hi, I'm Eliza You Can Know, and I'm a poet. |
| 0:13.8 | You didn't know it. |
| 0:15.5 | No. |
| 0:16.7 | And so, I was a renowned poet for a long time, and I lived in Kirkland, Ohio, but then I was, I moved to Missouri and Illinois. |
| 0:29.7 | And during that time, I boarded at the Smith House. |
| 0:34.1 | And in 1841, I was, I started learning about the plurality of wives, and it was totally repugnant to me. |
| 0:44.9 | And I just knew that would not happen during my mortal existence. |
| 0:49.9 | So, but two months after that, I was sealed to Joseph. |
| 1:01.2 | And in order to get through, I wrote poetry because my soul was always anxious. |
| 1:10.1 | And when I lived up the Smith home, I was the tutor for the children and I had other duties around the house. |
| 1:17.0 | But Ben Jocel died in 1844, and I was completely heartbroken. |
| 1:19.6 | I am Ryan McKnight. |
| 1:21.1 | I'm Kara Santa Maria. |
| 1:22.8 | I am Christopher Smith. |
| 1:24.0 | Hi, I'm Andrew Torres. |
| 1:26.6 | This is Naked Mormonism. |
| 1:30.2 | The Serial Mormon History Podcast. |
| 1:44.8 | It was a stressful time for the Mormons in Navu. |
| 1:51.2 | Joe and his posse had departed to Navu at the very end of December 1842, with Joseph Smith under arrest, headed to Springfield for a hearing which would determine the fate of |
| 1:56.4 | the beloved prophet of the Mormon kingdom. |
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