Naked Mormonism Podcast

On this episode, we continue rooting around in the muck of the underbelly of Nauvoo Mormonism. We discuss the primary catalyst that caused Bennett to be so opposed to Joseph Smith. With rampant rumors of adultery, Crazy Willey Smith pens “The Truant Husband” with a pleasant little PSA to all the “midnight watchers” in Nauvoo. We discuss the role of women’s organizations and the social context in which they rose by examining Emma’s claims that “Benevolence” societies were corrupt. Then we get into the seedy and vague history of Nauvoo brothels and temperance. Links: We are Engaged as a Band of Sister by Ruth Alexander https://www.jstor.org/stable/1901529?seq=2#metadata_info_tab_contents Ladies Bountiful by Keith Medler https://www.jstor.org/stable/23162952?seq=6#metadata_info_tab_contents Relief Society Minute Book http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/nauvoo-relief-society-minute-book/1#full-transcript Times & Season November 1841 https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/NCMP1820-1846