[Sca-cooks] Interesting article on the female origins of beer

[Johnna Holloway]

The classic volume and very available one is
Ale, Beer, and Brewsters in England: Women's Work in a Changing World,  
1300-1600 By Judith M. BennettPaperback: 280 pages Publisher: Oxford  
University Press, USA (April 22, 1999)

Amazon carries it.

There's also Pamela Sambrook's Country House Brewing in England,  
1500-1900

Johnnae

On Mar 30, 2010, at 4:11 PM, Holly Stockley wrote:

>
> If you've got some interest in the topic, there's a recent thesis  
> you could go looking for, as well.  It's likely in Dutch, but there  
> may be an English translation available as well.   Here's the info  
> from the Defense:
> Date and Time: 18-11-2009 16:15
> Location: Academy Building, 29 Cathedral Square, Utrecht
> Researcher: Marjolein van Decks
> Faculty : Faculty of Humanities
> Thesis: Brewing, fires and serve. Working women in the Dutch  
> beverage industry, 1500-1800
> Supervisor 1: Prof. dr. AF Heerma of Voss
>
>
>> For your amusement and discussion:
>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7538264/Men-owe-women-for-creating-beer-claims-academic.html
>>
>> In joyous service,
>> Raffaella