Puritan Society
Presented by Billy, Benji, Maria, Sameet, and Quinlan
Introduction
Beliefs
Immigration Purposes
Leaders
Gender Roles
Persecution
Videos
Women
Women were secondary subjects to their husbands
Placed below male-children
They could not speak in church
Could not lead discussion of theology unless in an all women prayer group
However, they
were
taught to read
Anne Hutchinson
John Winthrop placed Anne Hutchinson on trial for preaching doctrine contrary to Puritan beliefs
She promoted women's rights within and outside of the colony
To the male Puritan population, a woman preaching anything at all was more of a sin than a man preaching opposing views
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