Quote Originally Posted by Barry Shnikov View Post

Here's something I found, which happened yesterday. Seems like somebody in the US authorities has finally smelled the coffee.
this bears out what the woman said in the article I read.

She was forced to marry at 14 to an old man with other wives and kids. Her life had been miserable and she didn't want the same thing for her daughter.

The only reason she escaped was she knew some ex- Mormans who had defected to New York and they helped her with money and a place to stay. Most of these women would not have that sort of aid. She was not in a camp, but an ordinary house. Most of her life was spent cleaning and raising all the children.

Even voicing her disapproval at her daughter's betrothal could have got her into trouble with her husband.