She should have left Nauvoo. This would have been hard because she had inherited a lot of property there, but she also inherited a lot of her late husband's debt and lost most of that property.
Nauvoo was a continuation of her life with Joseph, which had been a complete disaster. When he died, there was no one to take his place.
Brigham Young was on a mission to England, but would only join the Saints at their Winter Camp in Iowa after they had already left Nauvoo.
She could have made her position as the Wife of Joseph, and the Mother of his Children, a huge advantage. If she had allied herself with the right people.
These people were the RLDS. She could have easily moved to Plano, in Northern Illinois with her sons, to be with them. Why didn't she?
This we do not know, we only know she did not but stayed in Nauvoo. Eventually her oldest son. Joseph III did join the RLDS Church and become its leader.
Emma died in poverty, in a ghost town.
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