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

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/the-brides-imported-to-colonial-america-for-their-brewing-skills/
- Published: 2021-10-02T09:30:48-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

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 […] Click here to view original web page at www.atlasobscura.com