Dorothy Allred Solomon is an American author and educator committed to informing people about the pros and cons of polygamous lifestyles.
[5] In her memoirs, Allred is open about and critical of the many problems posed by polygamy as practiced by fundamentalist Mormon sects.
[6] These problems include the secrecy that necessitated lying to friends and neighbors about their father, constant poverty, jealousy among wives and siblings, an inability to have an emotionally healthy father-child relationship, sexual repression, violent schisms both from internal and external rivals to leadership, and other issues rarely encountered in monogamy.
[7] In the same memoirs, she makes very clear that she had great love and respect for her father, a complex man who was as honorable as his patriarchal position allowed and whose sincerity of belief she never doubted.
[11] She is the author of five books, including two that describe aspects of her life growing up in fundamentalist Mormon polygamy.