Anne Hutchinson

Anne Hutchinson (baptized July 20, 1591 – August 20, 1643) is a pioneer settler in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Netherlands and the unauthorized minister of a dissident church discussion group.

Hutchinson holds Bible meetings for women that soon appeal to men as well.

Eventually, she goes beyond Bible study to proclaim her own theological interpretations of sermons.

Some, such as antinomianism, offend the colony leadership.

A major controversy ensues and after a trial before a jury of officials and clergy, she is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

She is a key figure in the study of the development of religious freedom in England's American colonies and the history of women in ministry.

The State of Massachusetts honors her with a State House monument calling her a "courageous exponent of civil liberty and religious toleration."

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