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"Puritans believed that women could gain access to power only
through communion with the devil.
For this reason strong-willed, independent and unmarried women
were most frequently targeted as witches."

Quote from Witchcraft in America by Peggy Sari
2000 by UXL (Gale Group)
(ISBN: 0-7876-4835-3)

Sketch of Bridget Bishop's Hanging