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In this chapter I describe Emma’s life story, beginning with her childhood in the FLDS community in Colorado City/Short Creek. Prioritizing Emma’s voice, I describe her life, highlighting her experiences that relate to her readiness for higher education. Emma’s descriptions of formal education experiences, perceptions of a need for education, non-academic experiences that contributed to readiness for higher education settings, and independent self-concept indicated her readiness for higher education.
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Being “turned in” to the prophet was how the FLDS community referred to the process of fathers asking the prophet to select a husband for their daughter.
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Parson, L. (2019). Emma’s Story. In: Polygamy, Women, and Higher Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02798-8_3
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