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Cotton Mather and the Women He Loved, with Helen Gelinas
Cotton Mather and the Women He Loved, with Helen Gelinas
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59 minutes
Released:
Mar 10, 2024
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Podcast episode
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I’m pleased to share a recent talk called "Cotton Mather and the Women He Loved" that was part of the Congregational Library and Archive's Valentines Day celebration. Helen Gelinas spoke about Cotton Mather and the women he was closest to: his three wives, his daughters, and his sisters, as well as his lifelong mission to understand the biblical Eve, the prototype for all women in his universe. Helen examined who he was behind closed doors, as a husband and father, and she challenged us to reconsider our assumptions that Cotton Mather would have been a tyrant over his wife and a strong disciplinarian who ruled his children with a rod. She also shared the surprising insight that between wives, Cotton Mather was one of Boston’s most eligible widowers, who was pursued aggressively by suitors.
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Full show notes: http://HUBhistory.com/296/
Support us: http://patreon.com/HUBhistory/
Released:
Mar 10, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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