Historian says many 1800s plural marriages worked
LOGAN — Elizabeth Kane had married for love, and expected to see nothing resembling her ideal when she visited Utah in 1872.
But she was surprised at what she found.
Kathleen Flake likewise has her "own monogamous biases." She acknowledges the documented failure of some 19th century plural marriages and the criticisms of this social structure, but her curiosity is piqued by "the fact that some people did thrive under this form of human relationship."
"These plural hearts, it seemed, could beat in one breast," she said.
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