Talk about your discrimination …

… Women Dominated Beer Brewing Until They Were Accused of Being Witches | History | Smithsonian Magazine. (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)

… if you traveled back in time to the Middle Ages or the Renaissance and went to a market in England, you’d probably see an oddly familiar sight: women wearing tall, pointy hats. In many instances, they’d be standing in front of big cauldrons.

But these women were no witches; they were brewers.