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Expert: Steve Anderson, MA - 9/14/2008


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What was the role of women in the puritan society ?
   
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1.  Provide a spiritual heaven within the home.
2.  Give birth to children.
3.  Act as midwives for other women in labor.
4.  Teach children about the Bible and their reading and writing in the home.
5.  Provide nursing and medical care for children and husbands
6.  Attend worship services but NOT to speak or offer prayers
7.  NOT to attend town councils with the intent of speaking or voicing an opinion.
8.  Care for the poor and needy


And there you have it,

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Steve Anderson, MA

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Any area of American History, EXCEPT military history or economic history, these are not strong points of mine. Areas of particular expertise include the assassination of John F. Kennedy, 19th century women's history, 1950s-1960s popular culture, 1920s, Colonial America, Jacksonian Era, migration west, immigration, ethnic history, presidential decisions, treaties, tariffs, causes and results of wars, and entertainment history since World War II (television, movies, and music.)

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Twenty-five years of teaching Advanced Placement American History, Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in American History, thirty post-graduate hours in American History

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Member of Phi Alpha Theta--The History Honor Society (November 2001), California Teacher's Association

Education/Credentials
American History Teaching Credential, Recognized by the University of Chicago as an Outstanding Educator

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