In 17th century Italy, most women who did not wish to take up a nun’s habit and enter a convent had only three ways to keep body and soul together: beg, prostitute themselves, or marry. Most women married, but given the state of things and the prevailing patriarchy, those who had the misfortune of ending … Continue reading History’s Most Prolific and Deadly Female Poisoner Helped Women get Rid of their Husbands