The controversy around Anne Hutchinson reveals much about colonial America and the role in which women were expected to take in society. Outspoken, strong-willed, independent women like Hutchinson that operated outside the status quo were going to be pressured in an attempt to gain their compliance. The interrogation and trial of Anne Hutchinson shows to what length they would go to silence any women attempting to break the traditional gender roles. Religious positions were traditionally held by men, so for Hutchinson to challenge this and hold her own informal religious services in her home was considered rebellious behavior, heresy, and unbecoming of her gender. Hutchinson further argued that the Puritan ministers were wrong in teaching that
