Four Women in a Violent Time (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Deborah Crawford
- First Published: 1970
- Time of Work: 1591–1732
- Setting: Lincolnshire, Alford, Boston, London, and Gravesend, England; Salem and Boston, Massachusetts; and Gravesend, Hell Gate, and New Amsterdam, New York
- Principal Characters: Anne Hutchinson, Mary Dyer, Deborah Moody, Penelope Stout, John Cotton, Will Hutchinson, William Laud, Chief Tisquantum
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Social action, Freedom, Religion, Immigration or emigration, Eighteenth century, Seventeenth century, Women, Clergy, Biography, Religious life, Persecution
- Locales: Boston, MA, New York, England, Salem, MA
Form and Content
Four Women in a Violent Time, written by Deborah Crawford, is the collective biography of Anne Hutchinson, Mary Dyer, Deborah Moody, and Penelope Stout. The book traces the lives of these four women and their effects on religious and personal freedom in both England and early America. The book is divided into four parts, each containing one to seven chapters. The biography opens with the childhood of Hutchinson and ends with the death of Stout. There is also an appendix with a list of sources and suggestions for additional reading.
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