Women's were not considered as good as men during colonial period. They worked for house works and giving birth for their families; it was duty to them to love and reverence him. During the freehold society in New England and the period when Puritans came to New England, women regarded poorly at these periods. .
Puritans came to New England to settle their life for religious freedom and believe God in more proper way by their own methods. However, some Puritans did not rule their colonies in a good way. Ann Hutchinson was a woman who fought against Puritans and she accused certain Boston clergymen of placing undue emphasis on church laws and good behavior. Hutchinson also argued that salvation could not be earned through good deeds. Like other Christians, Puritans believed in the equality of souls but when it came to the period of governance of church and state, women were seen as being clearly inferior to men. By this time, Puritan women could never be ministers, lay preachers, or even voting members of congregation. .
In Freehold society, women saw the courts prosecute few men and many women for the crime of fornication, especially those who bore an illegitimate child. Women learned that marriage portions would be inferior in kind and size to those of their brothers. In rural New England, women were raised to be dutiful to their husbands. Most women played a major role in house works. The women's physical labor was crucial to the rural household economy which implies that domestic arts won praise from the community. .
Throughout the Freehold society and the time when Puritans came to settle down and live their own ways, I could know that the women during colonial period was very crucial to the society where they live in because there is no development in a colony if there is no development in a family at colony. .
