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History of Feminism

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1. Wise older women...

Fri Aug 1, 2014, 05:58 PM

Aug 2014

"Most of the teachings consist of potions from herbs"

Odd that they're fundamentalist Christians. They sound more like witches.

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A place and time when a woman's menstrual cycle was equated with power [View all] theHandpuppet Aug 2014 OP

Wise older women... redqueen Aug 2014 #1

I suspect some of those traditions came from their Scots-Irish heritage... theHandpuppet Aug 2014 #2

k and r and thank you for sharing this. niyad Aug 2014 #3

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Thanks very much for the link -- I'll definitely check it out theHandpuppet Aug 2014 #5

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