Kathryn M. "Kathy" Daynes (born 1946) is a professor of history at Brigham Young University (BYU) and a historian of Mormonism, specializing in Mormon polygamy. She was president of the Mormon History Association in 2008 and 2009. Daynes was born in 1946 and began her studies as an undergraduate at BYU in 1964. However, she interrupted her studies and resumed them about ten years later at DePauw University, where she received her bachelor's degree in history. She then went on to receive an M.A. and a Ph.D. in history, both from Indiana University Bloomington, completing the latter in 1991. Daynes has been an instructor or faculty member at BYU since 1991 and retired 2013. Daynes is married to Byron (Bill) Daynes, a professor of political science at BYU. They are the parents of three children. Daynes was appointed the director of the Center for Family History and Genealogy at BYU in 2007.

Writings

Daynes is the author of the book ''More Wives than One: Transformation of the Mormon Marriage System, 1840-1910''. Among her major articles are "Annual Tax Rolls from the Revolution to 1850: Mining Deep for Genealogical Gold" in the ''Genealogical Journal'' 28, number 4 (December 2000), "Single Men in Polygamous Society: Male Marriage Patterns in Manti, Utah" in '' Journal of Mormon History'' 24 (Spring 1998), pages 89-111 and ''Family Ties: Belief and Practice in Nauvoo'' in the ''

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'', 8 (1988) pages 63-75. In addition to her studies on Mormon polygamy and its social aspects, Daynes has written on broader topics in the history of families and marriage in the United States.

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Daynes' vitaCenter for Family History and Genealogy newsletter
''Deseret News'', January 24, 2008. {{DEFAULTSORT:Daynes, Kathryn M. 1946 births Living people 21st-century American historians 21st-century American women Latter Day Saints from Indiana Brigham Young University alumni Brigham Young University faculty DePauw University alumni Historians of the Latter Day Saint movement Historians of Utah Indiana University Bloomington alumni American social historians American women historians Latter Day Saints from Utah Historians from Indiana Mormon studies scholars