Mormons (thread 11), Episode 5: Elizabeth Cady Stanton on Mormon Polygamy--Holding a Mirror to America

In episode five we walk with Elizabeth Cady Stanton as she uses Mormon polygamy not as an oddity to be judged, but as a magnifying glass that reveals how patriarchy runs through all of American life. She keeps turning the conversation from Joseph Smith to St. Paul, and from Utah to every institution that concentrates male power.

It’s sharp, a little uncomfortable, and oddly freeing — Stanton wants us to see the pattern, not just the exception. You’ll come away thinking about who holds authority and why, and maybe where you see that mirror today.