As I understand it, laws, commands, rules and edicts are for those who have not the light which makes plain the pathway. — Anne Hutchinson (image via Library of Congress) Anne Hutchinson's path to infamy started innocently enough: with a women's Bible study group in the fledgling Massachusetts colony. But within a few years, the women moved on from discussing verse and scripture to debating tenets of their Puritan faith -- and challenging the men who enforced it. Anne herself became the most vocal of these "Antimonians," or questioners: she publicly defended the rights of Native Americans, poked holes in church doctrine and even helped another woman bury her stillborn fetus in the dead of night, so that she would not be accused of witchcraft and banished to the wilderness.
A Woman to Know: Anne Hutchinson
A Woman to Know: Anne Hutchinson
A Woman to Know: Anne Hutchinson
As I understand it, laws, commands, rules and edicts are for those who have not the light which makes plain the pathway. — Anne Hutchinson (image via Library of Congress) Anne Hutchinson's path to infamy started innocently enough: with a women's Bible study group in the fledgling Massachusetts colony. But within a few years, the women moved on from discussing verse and scripture to debating tenets of their Puritan faith -- and challenging the men who enforced it. Anne herself became the most vocal of these "Antimonians," or questioners: she publicly defended the rights of Native Americans, poked holes in church doctrine and even helped another woman bury her stillborn fetus in the dead of night, so that she would not be accused of witchcraft and banished to the wilderness.