Jezebel then uncommon life of Anne Hutchinson, the woman who defied the puritans. Boston Public Library and partnership of historic boston cohosted this hourlong event. I want to start by telling you we have been offering charter day activities for a long time and our speaker this evening is a veteran. In 2005 she spoke on the lawn of three house in the and the three 75th anniversary of bostons naming and she spoke about her ancestor Anne Hutchinson and that is the year first church in boston finally released her from the excommunication given semicenturies before. Given so many centuries before. Eve laplante has published articles, essays, and five nonfiction books. Two of them are especially relevant. One is american jezebel, which is for sale outside after the talk and it tells the true story ancestor, Anne Hutchinson, the one who was finally got back into the church. The second ancestor we will mention this evening is the book witch judge, and that won the 2008 massachusetts book a
Could see a sprinkle or two in the north bay. Low clouds along the coast and around the bay. Starting out the day with the 60s for most folks. Oakland, 60 and livermore. 59, San Francisco. 57, santa rosa. Stockton, around the coast and the bay, clouds pull back and we see plenty of sunshine. What to expect as you make your way throughout the day temperatures will warm into the low 90s for the warmest thoughts and when. We will keep the clouds and the fog along the shoreline. And mild week ahead. Throughout the week, we see temperatures cool. I will have the full forecast coming up in a bit. A heads up if you are going to the golden gate bridge. Parking lots will be closed later this morning. Ongoing parking restrictions on both sides of the bridge are part of an effort to ease traffic. Rideshare vehicles can drop off passengers at the Welcome Center on the San Francisco side of the bridge. And a heavily used highway is closed for construction for the rest of the weekend. Highway 12 is
Absolutely, you go ahead. Whenever you are ready. Thank you to cnn viewers around the world. Its good to see you guys. Thank you and good morning everyone. Appreciate, john roberts factchecking from the sea. Good morning, good afternoon. [laughter] its not my fault, its on the paper. After receiving his daily intelligence briefing this morning the president led a National Economic Council Listening session with ceos of small and Community Banks. Since 2008 the number of small banks has declined 30 . The dramatic increase in regulation following the financial crisis has been a Major Driving force in the decline of these banks. Doddfrank alone has resulted in 22,000 pages of new regulations. While large banks can hire armies of complaints officers whose sole purpose is to ensure they meet the evergrowing number of regulations it increases the cost of doing business for Community Banks leaving some not to engage in some forms of lending were simply due to the time and costs involved. Our
Theorian bane of historian that your special feel that you love so much, when you mention it to other people day, they have never heard of it. They dont know who those people were or that this happened. I do not have that problem, because everyone is heard of the puritans. Say the. Tents to anyone in america, they know who you are talking about. The problem is what they know about who you are talking about. If you type puritans into a Search Engine as i did or if you mention the puritans to people, this is what they imagine. Fiendish punishers. We all read the scarlet letter. People who like to put people and the stocks and humiliate them publicly. We think of their religion as extreme and a little bit more like a clut,ult, a harsh, unforgiving religion. And, of course, we cannot get away from the witch trials. Anne hutchinson and the witch trials. Those are the first things people think of. Our imagination runs away with us on that one. Often wondered why this is, why the puritans hav
I dont have that problem because everyone has heard of the puritans. Puritans to anyone. If you type puritans into a Search Engine or mention it to people, this is what they imagine. We all read the Scarlet Letter and we think of puritans as people who liked to put people in the stocks and humiliate them publicly. We think of their religion as extreme and more like a cult, a harsh, unforgiving religion. And, of course, you cant it away from the witch trials. And hutchinson and the witch trials, those are the first things people think of. Our imagination runs away with us on that one. Why thisten wondered is. Why do that your urgent have such a negative reputation . I think there are two reasons. First of all, in the early 1800s, after the war of 1812, which most americans felt like we had one and we were feeling kind of stable and strong as a nation, there was a lot of looking back to the founding. To look back to the puritans. In the first half of the 19th century, there was a lot of