Witches, Midwives And Nurses (A6)

Paperback, 60 Pages: Women have always been healers. They were the unlicensed doctors and anatomists of Western history—abortionists, nurses, counselors, and pharmacists, cultivating herbs and exchanging the secrets of their uses. They were midwives, traveling from home to home, village to village. For centuries, women were doctors without degrees, barred from books and lectures, learning from each other and passing on knowledge from neighbor to neighbor and mother to daughter. They were called “wise women” by the people—witches or charlatans by authorities. Medicine is part of our heritage as women—our history, our birthright. The wise woman or witch had a host of remedies tested over years of use.