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Feminist, Mormon. feminist Mormon housewives.

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the feminist Mormon and housewives podcast.

I'm your host, Lindsay, bringing you another episode in a year of polygamy series where we try to understand the practice of Mormon plural marriage or polygamy as it's commonly known.

Today we're going to venture into our section of Mormon fundamentalism.

And we're going to start with a sort of broad overview and then we're going to get into each individual sect in the next few weeks.

And then, of course, don't worry, we'll return to your normally scheduled Mormon history.

We've got some great interviews coming up as well, and it's going to be a great time.

So buckle up.

We're going to learn a lot about practicing fundamentalist Mormons.

I want you to picture a calm, warm morning in the red deserts of Arizona.

Anyone that's been to the western United States has probably stopped by the southwest United States with the red rock and the red sand and the red dirt.

This is sort of the breeding ground for Mormon fundamentalism.

Now, of course, in the series, I've talked about how southern Utah was sort of fanatical, right?

It was known for its fanaticism.

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