Recounts the life and political achievements of the seventeenth-century feminist, noting her successful reform efforts in spite of the limitations placed on Puritan women and multiple charges of heresy and sedition.

Previously published: HarperSanFrancisco, 2004.

Enemy of the state -- This impudent Puritan -- A masterpiece of woman's wit -- Strange opinions -- The end of all controversy -- As the lily among thorns -- From Boston to this wilderness -- A final act of defiance -- Not fit for our society -- The husband of Mistress Hutchinson -- An uneasy and constant watch -- A spirit of delusion and error -- A dangerous instrument of the devil -- The whore and strumpet of Boston -- Her heart was stilled -- This American Jezebel.