20 people had been executed and 150 sent to jails, of which 90 percent were women. It was justified by the fact that women are intellectually and morally inferior to men and could not confront Satan. The victims of prosecution became Betty Parris, Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam, Elizabeth Hubbard, Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne, Tituba and many others.
Chapter 3.
Women in colonies spent most of their time indoors, with little light, heat and comfort. They were trapped in an endless cycle of household chores and worked liked slaves starting at early age. There were no bathrooms and soup was used to wash clothes once a month, not bodies. Houses were the only place housewives were in charge of. They comprised the community based on informal barter and mutual assistance.
Colonial women, usually married before their twentieth birthday, reached the peak of power by the middle age, given birth to about seven children. Midwives were critically important, both to the husbands and community. There was a huge difference developed between Northern and Southern states in XVII century. In the North, families were larger due to lower children fatality. Women could read at least Bible and pursued finer household crafts. Southern colonists didn't form communities unlike their northern counterparts. .
Chapter 4.
Transitioning to XVIII century made life in colonies much easier; many staple products, such as bolts of cloth, candles and soaps, could be bought in stores. Women's status as family contributor began to decrease. The number of female traders in Albany reached zero while in New York City it decreased from 134 to 43 within a century. At the same time women gained respect as mothers and began to get a larger role in religion. XVIII century is characterized with a slavery dominating the culture of the South, especially agriculture, which became dependent on it. .
The ideas of female beauty suffered changes. Now ladies were supposed to be slim and slender moving away from "fecund workhorse " (Collins, 72).
