Mormon Healer and Folk Poet: Mary Susannah Fowler's Life of "Unselfish Usefulness

Mormon Healer and Folk Poet reconstructs the little-known life of Mary Susannah Fowler (1862-1920) by examining her manuscript diary, folk poetry, and essays. A woman emerges who was at once a polygamous wife and mother, an active member of the communal settlement of Orderville and later of Huntington, Utah, and a sought-after healer. When folklorist Margaret Brady juxtaposes Mary Fowler's personal writings with the oral and written narratives of her children and grandchildren, diary entries of …