Puritan Women

I.  The Puritans

• Who Were They?

• Reasons For Immigration

• "City Upon A Hill"

II. Puritan Religion

• Sovereignty of God

• Predestination

• Importance of the Bible

• Covenant

III. Community Formation

• Hierarchy

• Sir Robert Filmer

• State and Family

IV. Households

• Main Economic Unit

• Women's Labor Was Essential

• Little Commonwealth

• Father Was Ultimate Authority

V. Good Wives

• Helpmeets Rather Than Mothers

• Femme Covert

• Women As Widows

VI.  Women's Work

VII. Witchcraft

• Women and Witchcraft

• Womanhood and Witchcraft

VIII. Conclusions