The year was 1634 when Anne Hutchinson arrived in Boston, a town newly carved out of the rocky Massachusetts wilderness.  She was a woman of extraordinary intelligence, a sharp mind honed by years of theological debate in England. These attributes, coupled with her natural charisma, were not just rare in colonial women—they were inherently dangerous.  Anne had faithfully followed her beloved minister, the revered John Cotton, but she brought with her a profound, personal theo