Anne Hutchinson's Puritanical Women

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Anne Hutchinson was strong-willed and intelligent, she was a wife and a mother. Anne Hutchinson was viewed as a dangerous woman even though she had no formal education just like the other woman in puritanical women. She was dangerous because she was an avid reader and thinker she challenged the proper role of women in Puritan society. The case against Anne Hutchinson reflected the manner in which women were treated in puritanical New English because it shows us how inferior women were at this time period. Women in puritanical New English were farm hands, care givers, wives, mothers, reproducers, and responsible for guiding the next generation. Women had many limitations on their rights. They were not allowed to court, could not speak of their

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