Anne Hutchinson (Leaders of the Colonial Era)

A series that focuses on the some of the most influential activists, politicians and intellectuals who lived during the formation of early America, whose lives--from birth through childhood, family life, education, death and legacy--exemplify the hardships and trials of colonial times. The series meets standard biography requirements, includes full-color and black-and-white photographs, informative sidebars, a bibliography and other sources for further research, and a chronology and timeline of each subject's life. Anne Hutchinson, America's first female religious leader and one of the best-known women in colonial history, emigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony from England in 1634 with her husband and 11 children. Charismatic and exceptionally well educated for a woman of her time, Hutchinson was banned from Massachusetts after publicly criticizing the Puritan ministry. Along with her family, she and several dozen followers settled in Rhode Island and made their own way in a fight for religious freedom. In this engaging new biography, readers will learn about this exceptional woman's life, her trials and successes, and how she shaped the early colonial times "That you may trouble us no further" The Reverend Marbury's daughter Mistress Hutchinson A crisis of faith Abandoning England for America Anne becomes controversial "More bold than a man" "You have stepped out of your place." Introduces the life of Anne Hutchinson, the Puritan woman who faced persecution in sixteenth-century Massachusetts because of her efforts to express her religious beliefs freely