I have read that women were often the ones who passed down the knowledge of natural remedies, so as male doctors/scientists came up with new options, the women’s knowledge was sidelined. (Think of the history of childbirth, for example.) And of course in many times and places they would have been killed for being “witches” or such. If I knew my aunt and grandmother had been killed for healing their neighbors, I’d probably find another line of work instead.
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