Charlotte Ives Cobb Godbe Kirby

Charlotte Ives Cobb Kirby (August 3, 1836– January 24, 1908) was an influential and radical women's rights activist and temperance advocate in the state of Utah as well as a well-known national figure. Charlotte was born in Massachusetts and at six-years old moved to Utah with her mother as new members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), her mother later becoming Brigham Young's fifth plural wife. Charlotte, previously a plural wife herself, spoke out against polygamy and gained much opposition from polygamous women suffragists because of it. Her first marriage was to William S. Godbe, the leader of the Godbeite offshoot from the LDS Church. After divorcing Godbe, Kirby married John Kirby, a non-LDS man, and they were together until Charlotte's death in 1908. C

Charlotte Ives Cobb Godbe Kirby

Charlotte Ives Cobb Kirby (August 3, 1836– January 24, 1908) was an influential and radical women's rights activist and temperance advocate in the state of Utah as well as a well-known national figure. Charlotte was born in Massachusetts and at six-years old moved to Utah with her mother as new members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), her mother later becoming Brigham Young's fifth plural wife. Charlotte, previously a plural wife herself, spoke out against polygamy and gained much opposition from polygamous women suffragists because of it. Her first marriage was to William S. Godbe, the leader of the Godbeite offshoot from the LDS Church. After divorcing Godbe, Kirby married John Kirby, a non-LDS man, and they were together until Charlotte's death in 1908. C