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=== Polyandry === Other types of polygamous marriages in the early LDS Church were [[Polyandry|polyandrous]] (literally "many men") in contrast to [[Polygyny|polygynous]] marriages. In polyandrous marriages one woman was married to more than one living husband at the same time. Examples of prominent Mormon women who at some point practiced polyandry included [[Zina D. H. Young]],<ref name=MormonPolyandry>{{Cite journal |last=Van Wagoner |first=Richard S. |date=1985-10-01 |title=Mormon Polyandry in Nauvoo |url=https://www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/mormon-polyandry-in-nauvoo/#pdf-wrap |journal=[[Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought|Dialogue]]|publisher=[[University of Illinois Press]] |volume=18 |issue=3 |doi=10.2307/45227986 |issn=0012-2157}}</ref>{{rp|p=78}} [[Patty Bartlett Sessions]],<ref name=Trajectory/>{{rp|p=2,23}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Nalley|first=James|title=Bethel’s Patty Bartlett Sessions: The Mother of Mormon Midwifery |url=https://issuu.com/discovermainemagazine/docs/2022_western_lakes_and_mountains/s/21465762 |magazine=Discover Maine|publisher=CreMark|location=Portland, Maine|date=2022|page=15}}</ref> [[Sarah M. Cleveland]],<ref name=Trajectory>{{Cite journal |last=Compton |first=Todd |date=1996-07-01 |title=A Trajectory of Plurality: An Overview of Joseph Smith’s Thirty-three Plural Wives |url=https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V29N02_21.pdf |journal=[[Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought|Dialogue]] |publisher=[[University of Illinois Press]]|volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=1–38 |doi=10.2307/45226184 |issn=0012-2157}}</ref>{{rp|p=22}} and [[Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner]].<ref name=Trajectory/>{{rp|p=19}} Prominent men who were in polyandrous marriages included presidents Joseph Smith<ref name=Trajectory/>{{rp|p=2}} and Brigham Young,<ref name=MormonPolyandry/>{{rp|p=79}} as well as the apostles [[Heber C. Kimball]]<ref name=Expanding/>{{rp|p=132}} and [[Orson Hyde]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hyde |url=https://mormonstudies.as.virginia.edu/family/hyde/ |access-date=2025-02-20 |publisher=[[University of Virginia]]}}</ref> Smith married 14 women who were currently married to their living husband.{{refn|<ref name=Trajectory/>{{rp|pp=2—3}}<ref name=Expanding>{{Cite journal |last=Hales |first=Brian C. |date=2024-04-01 |title=Joseph Smith's 'Polyandry': Expanding the Narrative |url=https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/jmh/article/50/2/105/386867/Joseph-Smith-s-Polyandry-Expanding-the-Narrative |journal=[[Journal of Mormon History]] |volume=50 |issue=2 |doi=10.5406/24736031.50.2.06 |url-access=subscription|issn=0094-7342}}</ref>{{rp|p=105}}<ref name=SmithsPolygamy>{{Cite book |last=Hales |first=Brian C. |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Joseph_Smith_s_Polygamy_Volume_1_History/OTVjEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |title=Joseph Smith’s Polygamy, Volume 1: History |date=2013-02-26 |publisher=Greg Kofford Books|isbn=9781589586857}}</ref>{{rp|p=443}}}}
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