Category: WOMEN’S HISTORY
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QUEEN ANNE’S LACE
THE FOLKLORE OF PLANTS: Queen Anne’s Lace Lisa Karen Miller Daucus carota, or wild carrot, was once used as a morning-after pill. Native to Iran and Afghanistan, it traveled to America from Europe, and across the continent with pioneers. Women considered it an essential herb to have on hand…
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CARAWAY
THE FOLKLORE OF PLANTS: Caraway Lisa Karen Miller In 1932, Hattie Wyatt Caraway became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate. The Democrat had been born near Bakerville, Tennessee. She provides a beautiful (if contrived) link between Women’s History Month and today’s plant: caraway. Henry VIII cannot…
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