Mary Rowlandson: Narrative vs. Reality Through out American history gender roles have been instilled in all societies; the belief that women are subordinate to men and are to be domesticated into the home receiving no education was the ordinance of most societies. The Puritan society of the 17th Century was one in particular that enforced and most importantly instilled these beliefs upon their women. These degrading expectations placed upon their women were extremely evident in …showed first 75 words of 1031 total…

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