🎧 Eunice Ross Kinney

One of Mormonism's Most Resilient Women

This past October, I had the privilege of publishing an article in the Journal of Mormon History. It’s a spiritual biography of Eunice Ross Kinney, whose story is one of incredible sorrow and resilience.

As an early convert to Mormonism, she never experienced life in Kirtland, Ohio, western Missouri, or Nauvoo, nor did she ever meet Joseph Smith. Yet, after converting to the church led by James J. Strang, she lived in Voree, Wisconsin Territory, and on Beaver Island, two gathering places for Strang’s church. She also encountered many of its prominent leaders and became intimately involved with Strang himself. For the rest of her life, she remained fiercely loyal to her two prophets, Smith and Strang, and to the principle of polygamy, despite tremendous pressure to conform to the doctrine of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Let’s be real, though. Who has time to read an article in an academic journal? But Eunice’s story is too good to stay untold. That's why I’ve created an audio version (with soundscapes) of her story.

I hope you enjoy this first part of Eunice Ross Kinney: Follower of Two Mormon Prophets, Fierce Defender of Polygamy.

🎧 You can listen to it here or on Spotify.