the RS minute book stands in direct contrast to the rest of the sources

in general massacres are male spaces

women shared roles around the periphery of the massacre

 

wmn not responsible, nor were lds women there; however one of the elements that contributed were insults aimed at barbara morris the first woman in the RS minute book.  Elias MOrris, her son, said an arkansas man addressed her in an insulting manner

 

in a pervasive culture of gender and ideals, a response was required. whether real or imagined they percieved a threat for which they needed a defense. men would make these decisions in male spaces of authority — but one woman in particularly felt the brunt of what these men chose..Rachel Hamblin alone was left to care for the 17 children to care for the orphans of the massacre. for the next 2 yrs the RS would care for them.  The role of these women were absent from the tales of the massacre.

 

news traveled west – then east – then england and europe.

 

in the narrative women being killed or begging for mercy were always at the forefront.

 

they intended that the indians would kill the women and children while mormons killed the other men.  in one source the role was switched.  

 

this picture of the 3 year old girl being lifted as a white flag of surrender

not unlike the female figure of purity

their choice to destroy rather than to protect – these images were to remind men of their role

2 particular girls became a mainstay of the story.  

 

focusing on these tales of women and children were (fit into narratives of mormons of lust and violence) and a case against mormon polygamy. prosecution utilized. they didn’t act as US men and protect women and children, they gave up their manhood by killing them.

 

ghosts of women and children killed there indicted mormon men. the prosecutors took the narrative in the popular press in the trial of MMM

 

shooting at her heart, mormons shot the female (stereotype) below the heart

 

nude image

a classic image of female perfection

 

the wieghty narrative was against polygamy and their nature

 

became feminized to central the narrative