The Brides ‘Imported’ to Colonial America for Their Brewing Skills

Illustration: Brewing beer at Jamestown. Sidney E. King / National Park Service. Article by Stephanie Castellano. Atlas Obscura – September 30, 2021.

English colonists needed alcohol to survive. And for that, they needed women.

In 1621, Englishwoman Allice Burges stepped off a ship and onto American soil, clutching a letter that recommended her beer-making skills. She was one of 57 women “imported” from England by the Virginia […]

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