The modern view of the puritans is pretty twisted as well. They were actually comparatively free spirits. Cotton Mather was a keen scientific observer who conducted early experiments with hybridization. He also argued in favor of variolation which was an early form of vaccination and argued that disease may not be a punishment from God.
Plymouth Colony had more freedom and more liberty for women than London did.
Yes, you heard me right.
Women were more liberated in Plymouth Colony at the time than women in London were.