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

[Holly Stockley]

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


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> Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:44:27 -0700
> From: raphaellad at yahoo.com
> To: sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org
> Subject: [Sca-cooks] Interesting article on the female origins of beer
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> 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 
> 
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