Alewife (trade)
Historical term for female ale trader / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses of Alewife, see Alewife.
An alewife, also brewess[3] or brewster,[4] was a woman who brewed ale for commercial sale. Women have been active in brewing since before the process's industrialisation.