XI. Feminine Independence--Treason at the Tongue's End--Independence
of the Schuyler Girls.

XII. Matrimonial Advice--Jane Turell's Advice to Herself.

XIII. Matrimonial Irregularities--Frequency of Them--Cause of Such
Troubles--Winthrop's Records of Cases--Death as a Penalty--Law
against Marriage of Relatives--No Discrimination in Punishment
because of Sex--Sewall's Accounts of Executions--Use of the
Scarlet Letter--Records by Howard--Custom of Bundling--Its
Origin--Adultery between Indented White Women and
Negroes--Punishment in Virginia--Instances of the Social Evil in
New England--Less Shame among Colonial Men.

XIV. Violent Speech and Action--Rebellious Speech against the
Church--Amazonian Wives--Citations from Court Records--Punishment
for Slander.


CHAPTER VII--COLONIAL WOMAN AND THE INITIATIVE

I. Religious Initiative--Anne Hutchinson's Use of Brains--Bravery
of Quaker Women--Perseverance of Mary Dyer--Martyrdom of Quakers.

II. Commercial Initiative--Dabbling in State Affairs--Women as
Merchants--Mrs. Franklin in Business--Pay for Women
Teachers--Women as Plantation Managers--Example of Eliza
Pinckney--Her Busy Day--Martha Washington as Manager.