Mormon Mother: An Autobiography by Annie Clark Tanner

This autobiography follows Annie Clark Tanner, who was born in Farmington, Utah, into a household shaped by plural marriage. Her early years show the daily routines and expectations of that world, along with the faith and family ties that surrounded her. As a young woman she enters a polygamous marriage of her own, and the account traces how she came to be a wife and the mother of a large family. Written in her own voice, the memoir gives a close look at domestic life in Utah in her era and at how religious belief and family duty shaped one woman's choices.