WHY Bonus - Alewives, Wortcunners & Witches - Oh My!

I was excited to use Halloween as an excuse to talk about Alewives and how they likely became the blueprint to the scary witch trope we know today. I share a bit of a medieval poem used to disparage a female brew master at the beginning just for fun but you can skip that and go to 4:12 for the podcast.Happy Halloween!Message us at [email protected] for questions and topic ideas.Written, Hosted and Produced by me: MsMicah.comAudio and Visual Production by Jim Hesterman PhotographyResources:The Tunning of Eleanor Running - Poetry FoundationE-text of John Skelton's The Tunnyng of Elynour RummyngWhy Did Women Stop Dominating the Beer Industry - Smithonian MagazineFor Centuries, Women Dominated the Brewing Industry - Atlas ObscuraBubbling Brews and Broomsticks: How Alewives Became the Stereotypical WitchJudith M. Bennett - Ale, Beer, and Brewsters in England - Women's Work in A Changing World, 1300-1600-Oxford University Press, USA (1996) PDFAlewives in Oxford: A History of Female Brewing - Museum of OxfordWitchhunts in Early Modern Europe - Gendercide.OrgThe History of Midwifery and Childbirth in America: A Time LineWitches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers (Contemporary Classics) 2010 - Barbara Ehrenreich & Deirdre EnglishThe Herbal Lore of Wise Women and Wortcunners: The Healing Power of Medicinal Plants -Wolf-Dieter StorlCaliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive AccumulationSilvia FedericiMusic is "So This Is It" by Ty Simon. Purchased on Artlist Pro License #406064