Until now, Hutchinson has been a polarizing figure in American history and letters, attracting either disdain or exaltation. Hutchinson defended herself brilliantly, but the judges, faced with a perceived threat to public order, banished her for behaving in a manner "not comely for sex." Her unconventional ideas had attracted a following of prominent citizens eager for social reform.
In a time when women could not vote, hold public office, or teach outside the home, the charismatic Hutchinson wielded remarkable political power. Anne Hutchinson, a forty-six- year-old midwife who was pregnant with her sixteenth child, stood before forty male judges of the Massachusetts General Court, charged with heresy and sedition.
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