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 * [[image:carolyn_jessop_1023.jpg width="242" height="261"]] Carolyn Jessop **

Carolyn Jessop was born into the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS). The sixth generation of her family raised in polygamy. At 18 she was married to a 54 year old man becoming his fourth wife. Over the next fifteen year they had 8 children and she became sister wife to 3 more women. When the restrictions of the FLDS became even worse she decided to risk everything and escape with her eight child. Becoming one of the first women in recent history able to flee the FLDS with her children. She then went on to write Escaped to chronicle her journey and inform others about the life of the FLDS.

An interview with Carolyn Jessop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJAvqc5u9KM

Resorces and picture from

Jessop, Carolyn. __Escaped__. 1. New York: Broadway Books, 2007.