Anne B. Wilde is an
American author and
advocate
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on behalf of
fundamentalist Mormon polygamists. She is a co-founder of
Principle Voices, a group whose purpose is to counter anti-polygamy messages, build bridges between fundamentalist Mormon groups and outside communities, and for the
decriminalization of polygamy.
Wilde is the second wife of
Ogden Kraut, a prolific writer on
fundamentalist Mormon history topics and doctrines. They married in 1969 while members of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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(LDS Church). Kraut was
excommunicated
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in 1972, but Wilde was able to keep her marriage to Kraut a secret for many decades.
She was excommunicated sometime after 2002 and speaks on behalf of polygamists. She is a co-author of ''Voices in Harmony: Contemporary Women Celebrate Plural Marriage''.
Biography
Wilde was born in
Detroit
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,
Michigan
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. Her mother was a member of the LDS Church with
pioneer ancestry, and her father was a non-Mormon who worked in the film industry.
Activism
Wilde,
Mary Batchelor,
Marianne Watson, and
Linda Kelsch founded
Principle Voices in 2000 after the publication of ''Voices in Harmony''. The group sought to bring together all of the area's polygamous communities into a coalition.
Works
Wilde edited 65 books and other publications with
Ogden Kraut. She ran a publishing house from her home.
Wilde authored the chapter on fundamentalist Mormonism in a book about
schism within Mormonism.
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1936 births
Living people
American Latter Day Saint writers
American Latter Day Saints
Mormon fundamentalists
People excommunicated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Writers from Salt Lake City
American women non-fiction writers