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...world with the gods. However, the expectation of heavy loss is common in modern times too. As late as the 1960s, anthropological fieldwork in a Welsh village still found some women wanting to have a heavy period, saying they felt better after one. Medical theory did not always support such beliefs. Many medical writers in the sixteenth century insisted on menstrual blood...

...World War II. She taught me to have optimism, dedication and tact.” But her other, Curaçaoan grandmother was also important to her: “My grandmother with Afro-Curaçaoan roots felt slavery still nearby. She experienced poverty, deprivation and brutality. She gave me physical and emotional strength, self-confidence and courage.” For a long time, the fastest woman in...