Sunday, July 13, 2014

July 13th is Anne Hutchinson Memorial Day

 An annual gathering to honor Anne Marbury Hutchinson (1591–1643), co-founder of Pocasset (Portsmouth), RI, in 1638. Wife, mother of 16, midwife, religious leader, she was a caretaker of and spiritual leader to women in Puritan Boston. Anne Hutchinson helped shape the tradition of free speech and religious tolerance that has become so important to modern Americans. 

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