Read History with Tori: "The Devil in the Shape of a Woman" ~ no registration, 31 October | AllEvents

Read History with Tori: "The Devil in the Shape of a Woman" ~ no registration

Thayer Memorial Library

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Fri, 31 Oct, 2025 at 02:00 pm

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717 Main St, Lancaster, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01523

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Fri, 31 Oct, 2025 at 02:00 pm to 03:00 pm (EDT)

717 Main St, Massachusetts 01523

717 Main St, Lancaster, MA 01510-2428, United States

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Read History with Tori: "The Devil in the Shape of a Woman" ~ no registration
Join our Special Collections Librarian for a book group all about history!

Meeting the last Friday of the month, this group will meet to discuss books that examine our nation's early history and beyond. In the Trustees Room.

Our October Book is "The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England" by Carol F. Karlsen, available to pick up at our Circulation Desk.

"Confessing to "familiarity with the devils," Mary Johnson, a servant, was executed by Connecticut officials in 1648. A wealthy Boston widow, Ann Hibbens was hanged in 1656 for casting spells on her neighbors. The case of Ann Cole, who was "taken with very strange Fits," fueled an outbreak of witchcraft accusations in Hartford a generation before the notorious events at Salem. More than three hundred years later, the question "Why?" still haunts us. Why were these and other women likely witches―vulnerable to accusations of witchcraft and possession? Carol F. Karlsen reveals the social construction of witchcraft in 17th century New England and illuminates the larger contours of gender relations in that society."

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Read History with Tori: "The Devil in the Shape of a Woman" ~ no registration, 31 October | AllEvents
Read History with Tori: "The Devil in the Shape of a Woman" ~ no registration
Fri, 31 Oct, 2025 at 02:00 pm