James J. Strang's second wife, a school teacher named Elvira Field, was a national advocate for the rights of women, and founder of the earliest female sororities. She even implemented a style of pants that preceded the liberating Amelia Bloomer pants, consistent with Mormon beliefs to have "plainness in dress" and avoid the "fashion of the world" (Evening and Morning Star, June 1832; and Elders' Journal, August 1838). Latter Day Saint scriptures say not to have "fine clothing" or "costly apparel", but to "let all thy garments be plain." (2 Nephi 28:13, Alma 5:53, and D&C 42:40).
James J. Strang's second wife, a school teacher named Elvira Field, was a national advocate for the rights of women, and founder of the earliest female sororities. She even implemented a style of pants that preceded the liberating Amelia Bloomer pants, consistent with Mormon beliefs to have "plainness in dress" and avoid the "fashion of the world" (Evening and Morning Star, June 1832; and Elders' Journal, August 1838). Latter Day Saint scriptures say not to have "fine clothing" or "costly apparel", but to "let all thy garments be plain." (2 Nephi 28:13, Alma 5:53, and D&C 42:40).
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