Mrs. T. B. H. Stenhouse

Born Fanny Warn in Saint Helier, Jersey, on April 12, 1829, she later became widely known as Mrs. T. B. H. Stenhouse, or Fanny Stenhouse. She and her husband, Thomas Brown Holmes Stenhouse, joined the Latter-day Saint movement in the mid-19th century and emigrated with other converts, eventually settling in Utah.

She became best known for writing Exposé of Polygamy in Utah: A Lady’s Life among the Mormons (1872), a memoir based on her own experiences in Mormon society. The book is remembered for its personal, direct account of plural marriage and everyday life in the territory, and it helped make her an important witness to a complicated chapter of western American and religious history.

Later in life, her name continued to be linked with writing, reform, and public debate about Mormonism. She died in Los Angeles, California, on April 19, 1904.