What is Anne Hutchinson's significance in colonial American history?
Religious freedom advocate
First female governor
Established a university
Invented a farming technique
Answer
Anne Hutchinson is a key figure in the history of religious freedom in England's American colonies and the history of women in ministry. She challenged the authority of the ministers and is remembered as a "courageous exponent of civil liberty and religious toleration."
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