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"Anne Hutchinson
(née Marbury; July 1591 – August 1643) was a Puritan spiritual adviser, mother of 14, and an important participant in the Antinomian Controversy which shook the infant Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1636 to 1638.
Her strong religious convictions were at odds with the established Puritan clergy in the Boston area,
Her strong religious convictions were at odds with the established Puritan clergy in the Boston area,
and her popularity and charisma helped create a theological schism that threatened to destroy the Puritans' religious community in New England.
She was eventually tried and convicted, then banished from the colony with many of her supporters.
Anne was a midwife and very helpful to those needing her assistance, as well as forthcoming with her personal religious understandings.
She was eventually tried and convicted, then banished from the colony with many of her supporters.
Anne was a midwife and very helpful to those needing her assistance, as well as forthcoming with her personal religious understandings.
Soon she was hosting women at her house weekly, providing commentary on recent sermons.
These meetings became so popular that she began offering meetings for men as well, including the young governor of the colony Henry Vane.
She has been called the most famous—or infamous—English woman in colonial American history."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Hutchinson
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" In 1634, 43-year-old Anne Hutchinson set sail from England with her 48-year-old husband William and their other ten surviving children, aged about eight months to 19 years. They sailed aboard the Griffin"
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" During the attack, Hutchinson's nine year-old daughter Susanna was out picking blueberries; she was found, according to legend, hidden in the crevice of Split Rock nearby.
She has been called the most famous—or infamous—English woman in colonial American history."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Hutchinson
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" In 1634, 43-year-old Anne Hutchinson set sail from England with her 48-year-old husband William and their other ten surviving children, aged about eight months to 19 years. They sailed aboard the Griffin"
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" During the attack, Hutchinson's nine year-old daughter Susanna was out picking blueberries; she was found, according to legend, hidden in the crevice of Split Rock nearby.
She is believed to have had red hair, which was unusual to the Indians, and perhaps because of this curiosity her life was spared.
She was taken captive, was named "Autumn Leaf" by one account, and lived with the Indians for two to six years (accounts vary) until ransomed back to her family members, most of whom were living in Boston."
" Finally, in the 20th century, she became a feminist leader,
She was taken captive, was named "Autumn Leaf" by one account, and lived with the Indians for two to six years (accounts vary) until ransomed back to her family members, most of whom were living in Boston."
" Finally, in the 20th century, she became a feminist leader,
credited with terrifying the patriarchs, not because of her religious views
but because she was an assertive, highly visible woman.
According to feminist Amy Lang, Hutchinson failed to understand that
"the force of the female heretic vastly exceeds her heresy".
Lang argues that it was difficult for the court to pin a crime on her;
Lang argues that it was difficult for the court to pin a crime on her;
her true crime in their eyes, according to Lang's interpretation, was the violation of her role in Puritan society, and
she was condemned for undertaking the roles of
teacher, minister, magistrate, and husband."
"Hutchinson's well-publicized trials and the attendant accusations against her made her the most famous, or infamous, English woman in colonial American history."
"Hutchinson's well-publicized trials and the attendant accusations against her made her the most famous, or infamous, English woman in colonial American history."
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