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Women In Escaping Salem By Richard Godbeer

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Throughout the witch trials in the seventeenth century, women in New England were looked at as inferior to men. Their role was to cook, clean, and take care of the children while their husbands were out. The wives were more in charge of the household than their husbands, but never given the credit. Escaping Salem by Richard Godbeer shows that during the seventeenth century in New England, people drew strange conclusions about women's outbursts. Due to the spread of Enlightenment beliefs, these same people began to question what they once believed. Since the beginning of time, women are seen as the weak, inferior gender. While everyone in New England believed in supernatural beings, no one accused men of being "bewitched". In fact, only four/fifths
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