The roles of dairywomen as cheese-makers in Europe since the Middle Ages
Women have played a huge role as cheese makers throughout Europe’s history. For hundreds of years, cheese making was seen as work done by women, who possessed the secret knowledge for turning milk into cheese. It was only fairly recently that this came to an end.
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Images
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00:00 Introduction
00:58 The many roles of women cheesemakers
04:06 The decline of dairywomen
10:04 Random facts from cheese history
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