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Hello, and welcome back to another episode of the Feminist Mormon Housewives podcast. I'm your host, Lindsay, coming at you with another episode in the year of polygamy series

where we spend the entire year covering the practice of plural marriage and how it affected the saints and how it was practiced

historically and anecdotally throughout Mormonism. Today we are covering the life of Rhoda Richards.

Now, if you know anything about the last name, you can kind of tell who the elite are in church

history. The Richards family was a prominent one amongst the saints.

And we have a treasure trove of information about Rhoda and her life.

Thanks in part to the wonderful collection from Tom Perry's special collections at the Herald B. Lee Library,

including letters and correspondence, pictures, documents, and more.

If you're ever in Utah, in Utah County, head down to

the Harold B. Lee Library and check out some of these amazing resources that you can view.

So let's talk about Rhoda Richard. She was born on August 8, 1784, in Massachusetts. Her mother,

Rhoda Howe, was a sister to Brigham Young's mother, Abigail

Howe Young, making Rhoda Richards and Brigham Young cousins. So think about that. Whenever we

talk about Rota Richards, remember she is Brigham Young's cousin. Now, although Rota was one of

11 children in the family, you probably remember her brother,

Apostle Willard Richards, the most.

He's the most famous of the Willard Richards group.

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