This classic Mormon book, is the seminal work on Mormon doctrine regarding women and the divine feminine. It contained biographical and autobiographical sketches of many prominent Mormon women, and poetically portrays the great responsibility and destiny of the women of Israel in the latter days. This book poetically portrays the Struggles for Suffrage, the persecution against their polygamous marriages, and the way in which their faith informs these struggles. It chronicles the feminine influence through the founding of the United States of America until 1877.