Smith proposes that Anne Hutchinson and her trail parallel the many conflicts that women experience in contemporary society. Smith’s paper supports the work of Elfride Jelinek, who argues that women who are publicly acclaimed lose their sexual appeal and, as a result, their social influence. Jelinek’s idea only has one ideal outcome, for the woman fear the consequences of her action and end their role as an outspoken public woman. Smith supports Jelinek’s idea by stating that if a woman of Hutchinson’s time period was to speak freely and vigorously then she would be subject to be silenced by political action, as Hutchinson was. If Hutchinson had experienced fear and stopped teaching the alternative religious principles that the heads of the
