Jennie Anderson Froiseth, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Jennie Anderson Froiseth

Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1849

Date of Death: 07-Feb-1930

Profession: suffragette

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Jennie Anderson Froiseth (December 6, 1849 – February 7, 1930) was the founder of the Blue Tea, a literary club for women who were not Mormon in Utah Territory.
The Blue Tea would later change its name to the Ladies Literary Club.
She was an anti-polygamy crusader who helped form and was the vice president of the Anti-Polygamy Society of Utah.
Froiseth published the Anti-Polygamy Standard which lasted three years and later edited The Women of Mormonism, a book which described in detail the experiences of some Mormon women inside polygamous marriages.
She believed strongly in women's rights and played a role in bringing enfranchisement to Utah Territory, later she became the vice president of the Utah Women's Suffrage Association.
Although a strong supporter of female suffrage, she believed Mormon women should not have the right to vote until polygamy was eradicated.