Linda King Newell

Linda King Newell (born January 16, 1941) is an American historian and author.

Newell co-authored the 1984 book Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith with Valeen Tippetts Avery. During this time (1982–86) she was also editor of the scholarly Mormon periodical Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought with her husband L. Jackson Newell, a professor at the University of Utah.^[1]

Newell served as president of the John Whitmer Historical Association in 1988, and the Mormon History Association from 1996–1997.^[2]

Publications[]

• Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith, Prophet's Wife, Elect Lady, Polygamy's Foe. Doubleday Publishing, September 1984. ISBN 0-385-17166-8.
• The Historical Relationship of Mormon Woman and Priesthood, In: Maxine Hanks ed. Women and Authority, 1992, pp. 23 – 48.

Notes[]

• Anderson, Devery S. (Summer 2002), "A History of Dialogue, Part Three: The Utah Experience, 1982-1989", Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, 35 (2): 1–71, archived from the original on 2011-06-14, retrieved 2009-01-08. Discusses the religious controversy following Mormon Enigma's initial publication in 1984 (page 40 to 48).

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