15 Things That Would Have Made You A Witch In The 1600's

11. If You Were A Midwife

The women who help other women give birth were considered evil? What? Yep. Writer Joel Southern puts it simply. " A midwife€™s age, social and marital status, autonomy, pagan influences, secret knowledge of herbs and most importantly, the vilification of her profession as unclean and demeaning served to demonize the midwife. In short, the midwife represented everything the Church feared.€