Tracing the first three generations in Puritan New England, this book explores changes in language, Gender expectations, and religious identities for men and women.
Although Puritan\'s emphasis on spiritual equality had the opportunity to radically alter Gender roles, in daily practice laymen censured men and women differently - pun.
The book argues that laypeople shaped Gender conventions by challenging the ideas of ministers and rectifying more traditional ideas of masculinity and femininity.
Tracing the first three generations in Puritan New England, this book explores changes in language, Gender expectations, and religious identities for men and women