page_title: Ann Eliza Young
section_title: Polygamous marriage to Brigham Young
hierarchical_section_title: Ann Eliza Young / Polygamous marriage to Brigham Young
caption_attribution_description: English: Image of Ann Eliza Young, one of Brigham Young's wives (2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). Ann Eliza Young was later a critic of polygamy.
context_page_description: Ann Eliza Young also known as Ann Eliza Webb Dee Young Denning was one of Brigham Young's fifty-five wives and later a critic of polygamy. She spoke out against the suppression of women and was an advocate for women's rights during the 19th century.
context_section_description: On the advice of her family, Ann Eliza married Brigham Young, the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), when he was 67 years old and she was a 24-year-old divorcee.
  Although Ann Eliza later called herself Young's "wife no. 19," others have referred to her as his "27th wife." One researcher concluded that she was actually the 52nd woman to marry Young. The discrepancies may be due, in part, to difficulties in defining what constitutes a "wife" in early Mormon polygamous practices.  An official LDS Church book titled, Pictures and Biographies of Brigham Young and His Wives, provides brief descriptions of 26 wives.
caption: Ann Young ca. 1887.
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