Patriarchs and Politics; The Plight of the Mormon Woman

New York: Mcgraw-Hill Book Company, 1978. later printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fair. SIGNED. 304 pp. Quarto. [25 cm]. Paper and cloth over boards. Title and author last name stamped in spine. 6 inch closed tear in dust jacket on front cover. "This book traces the unusual history of women in the Mormon culture from its nineteenth-century beginnings to the present. Viewed as a patriarchal mircrocosm, the Mormon society relfects in its own unique way the extraordinary anti-female bias that has been rooted in and perpetuated by all patriarchal religions. With the complex blending of patriarchal power and political power in Mormondom, the culture also demonstrates how women's lives have been controlled by men who, in purporting ot speak the words of God, have displayed through the years some remarkable inconsistencies."-from Publisher.