It was the norm in a large polygamous family for children to live with their mothers.
Although a majority of 19th-century Mormons were not polygamous, most of their leaders were.
He is aware that the threat of a polygamous marriage gave men leverage over their wives, even if the threat was not always carried out.
Formally, the cause of divorce appeared to be the internal competition within the polygamous royal household over the favours of the sultan.
Most of the families that reported more than ten members were polygamous households.
In the nineteenth century economic changes led to rapid population growth and to the appearance of polygamous big men.
Sterility and sub-fertility in polygamous marriages may not have resulted only from husbands suffering from venereal disease infecting a succession of new wives.
