Anne Hutchinson is a woman worth knowing about. She grew up in England, a learned puritan's daughter, and migrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1634. In her society, women were believed capable of little besides bearing and raising children. Despite her environment, she held fast to her views and theories; earning the ire and the respect of many theologians. Her progressive views would be the focus of dissenting opinions for decades, securing her a page in the text books centuries later. In the end, she was banished for crimes likened to heresy, but not before leaving her mark on the world.
Mrs. Hutchinson was born Anne Marbury in 1591 to an upstart deacon, Francis Marbury, in Cambridge. Her father would lead by example; dissenting openly on the corruption in his church and being jailed for it numerous times. Francis Marbury also home schooled his daughter, who had a natural affinity for academics. In her father's library, Anne found ample resources for her interests in......
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