Jennie Anderson Froiseth

Jennie Anderson Froiseth
Jennie Anderson Froiseth, taken in the 1910s
Born
Jennie Anderson

(1849-12-06)December 6, 1849
Ireland
DiedFebruary 7, 1930(1930-02-07) (aged 80)
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Anti-Polygamist, Suffragist
Spouse
Bernard Arnold Martin Froiseth
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(m. 1871⁠–⁠1922)​
his death
Parents
  • Finley Anderson[1] (father)
  • Sarah Strong Anderson (mother)

Jennie Anderson Froiseth (December 6, 1849 – February 7, 1930)[2] was the founder of the Blue Tea, a literary club for women who were not Mormon in Utah Territory. The Blue Tea would later change its name to the Ladies Literary Club. She was an anti-polygamy crusader who helped form and was the vice president of the Anti-Polygamy Society of Utah. Froiseth published the Anti-Polygamy Standard which lasted three years and later edited The Women of Mormonism, a book which described in detail the experiences of some Mormon women inside polygamous marriages. She believed strongly in women's rights and played a role in bringing enfranchisement to Utah Territory, later she became the vice president of the Utah Women's Suffrage Association. Although a strong supporter of female suffrage, she believed Mormon women should not have the right to vote until polygamy was eradicated.

  1. ^ Binheim, Max (1928). Women of the West; a series of biographical sketches of living eminent women in the eleven western states of the United States of America. p. 174.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference The Blue Tea was invoked but never defined (see the help page).