Anne B. Wilde is an

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author and

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on behalf of

fundamentalist Mormon Mormon fundamentalism (also called fundamentalist Mormonism) is a belief in the validity of selected fundamental aspects of Mormonism as taught and practiced in the nineteenth century, particularly during the administrations of Joseph Smith, Bri ...

polygamists Crimes Polygamy (from Late Greek (') "state of marriage to many spouses") is the practice of marrying multiple spouses. When a man is married to more than one wife at the same time, sociologists call this polygyny. When a woman is married ...

. 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 Ogden Wedlund Kraut (June 21, 1927 – July 17, 2002) was an American polygamist, author and publisher who became best known for his writings about Mormon fundamentalist topics. Kraut was an independent fundamentalist who never joined any fundamen ...

, a prolific writer on

history topics and doctrines. They married in 1969 while members of

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(LDS Church). Kraut was

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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

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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,

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, 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

. 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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