American Jezebel by Eve Laplante
In the seventeenth century, a time in American history when a woman could not vote, hold public office, or teach outside the home, Anne Hutchinson possessed remarkable political power. Nathaniel Hawthorne used the controversial Hutchinson as a model for Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter, and Governor John Winthrop called her "American Jezebel." Nevertheless, the wife and mother of fifteen helped set the stage for our modern concepts of religious freedom, gender equality, and civil rights.
Eve LaPlante's engaging biography captures Hutchinson's life in all its complexity, presenting a riveting portrait of early America. American Jezebel moves from Hutchinson's dramatic courtroom battles with the leaders of Massachusetts -- who founded Harvard College explicitly to prevent her ideas from spreading -- to her banishment to Rhode Island, where she became the only woman ever to found an American colony.Eve LaPlante, a direct descendant of Anne Hutchinson, is a writer and teacher with degrees from Princeton and Harvard. As a journalist, her work has appeared in The Atlantic, New York Times, Ladies' Home Journal, and The Boston Globe Magazine among others. Her book, Seized: Temporal Lobe Epilepsy as a Medical, Historical and Artistic Phenomenon, was published to critical acclaim in 1993. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and four children."To all those teachers around the country who have asked me: what true heroes can I tell my students about? I would reply: tell them about Anne Hutchinson. And read Eve LaPlante's biography of her to make her and her courage come alive." -- Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United StatesEve LaPlante is the editor of My Heart Is Boundless, a collection of Alcott family materials, and the author of Marmee & Louisa, a dual biography of Louisa May Alcott and her mother. LaPlante, a native of New England with degrees from Princeton and Harvard, has already published three books. Seized is a fictionalized account of a brain illness that sheds light on the mind-body issue. The historical narrative of LaPlante's ancestor, colonial heretic and founding mother Anne Hutchinson, is told in American Jezebel. The Massachusetts Book Award for Nonfiction went to LaPlante's history of the 1692 judge who became an abolitionist and feminist, Salem Witch Judge. Please pay her a visit at www.EveLaPlante.com.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780060750565 |
| ISBN 10 | 0060750561 |
| Title | American Jezebel |
| Author | Eve Laplante |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Harperone |
| Year published | 2014-11-12 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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