Ode to Bradstreet

It is too bad that in the time of the Puritans women were thought of to be nitwits. It is too bad that when Ann Bradstreet was writing some of the best poetry of that time she was thought of to be a nitwit. Women of that time period were never given a chance to exhibit their true gifts. Bradstreet made a great point in saying that by writing an amazing work everyone will think that it was by chance or that she stole it, women were to have little heads during that time. It is just too bad. Bradstreet had everything but a little head. I am sure she made a great wife and mother but she also made one heck of a writer. She paved the way for so many women poets and writers. Had it not been for her talent I truly believe that women would have had many more struggles in being published as known authors and poets. As a woman I would like to thank Bradstreet for paving the way for me to be an educated young woman working daily with literature.