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  2. Anne Hutchinson - Wikipedia

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    Anne Hutchinson was born Anne Marbury to parents Francis Marbury and Bridget Dryden in Alford, Lincolnshire, England, and baptised there on 20 July 1591. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Her father was an Anglican cleric in London with strong Puritan leanings, who felt strongly that a clergy should be well educated and clashed with his superiors on this issue. [ 4 ]

  3. Antinomian Controversy - Wikipedia

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    The Life of Sir Henry Vane by Charles W. Upham was published in 1835 and later published in Jared Sparks' Library of American Biography, vol. IV. [108] George E. Ellis published The Life of Anne Hutchinson in 1845 [109] which is likely the first biography of Hutchinson. Many biographies of both of these individuals appeared in the 20th century.

  4. Women in 17th-century New England - Wikipedia

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    However, the importance of religious education was recognized, and girls were taught to read so that they could study the Bible and participate in religious activities. Puritans believed that women needed to be educated enough to read and understand religious texts, as their spiritual well-being was of great significance.

  5. Hutchinson letters affair - Wikipedia

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    Whately, at one point, gave access to his brother's papers to John Temple, another colonial official who sought to recover letters of his own from those papers. [6] Hutchinson was appointed governor of Massachusetts in 1770 after the critical publication by opposition politicians of letters that had been written by his predecessor, Francis ...

  6. AP United States History - Wikipedia

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    There is a fifteen-minute reading period for students to read the essay prompts, take notes, and brainstorm, but students may begin to write the essays before this period ends. Students will then have 100 minutes to write the two essays; 60 minutes are recommended for the DBQ and 40 minutes for the long essay, but students are free to work on ...

  7. Emma Willard - Wikipedia

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    Emma Willard (née Hart; February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was an American female education activist who dedicated her life to education. She worked in several schools and founded the first school for women's higher education in the United States, the Troy Female Seminary in Troy, New York. With the success of her school, Willard was able ...

  8. Dame school - Wikipedia

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    Dame school pupils were the children of tradesmen and labouring parents, and in many cases, a dame school education was the only form of education these children ever received. [7] The teacher would offer class for several hours per the day. In class, she would teach her pupils reading and writing, often from a hornbook. [3]

  9. The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America - Wikipedia

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    Many critics believe that Bradstreet was a woman who pushed the boundaries of her religion. Fortunately for her, she did not suffer negative consequences like Anne Hutchinson, who was also a Puritan writer of her time. [3] Other writers such as Ann Stanford and Samuel Eliot Morison have also critiqued The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America.