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The Wives Of Polygamists

Media Focus Intense After Children Seized From Yearning For Zion Sect

By , About.com Guide

In April, allegations of sexual abuse and the forced marriages of young teenage girls resulted in authorities raiding the Yearning For Zion ranch in Texas.

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The wife of a polygamist sect member from Colorado City, AZ

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After 400 children were removed from the Yearning For Zion ranch, images of the women of the polygamist sect began to appear. These tearful, plainly-dressed mothers in long skirts and old-fashioned upswept hair had lived in relative isolation inside the compound prior to the raid. Now the center of attention, they tried to cope with a mainstream culture they'd had little exposure to, while the rest of us pondered the curious habits of polygamists and the lives of their wives, so different from our own.
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