
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 192 - Early American Disability with Dan Howlett
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Are the Disabilities Temporary or Permanent?
Disabilities are temporary, and some aren't. Rebecca nurse's hearing loss and being hard of hearing is not temporary. That's just something that was came with age. Likely like that means it's much easier to go after her because you have this particular nthat is ascribed to her and is part of her. It does the same thing for confessors like tichuba says, oh, i'm blind now. A or if she loses her hearing, she can't answer any more questions. Disability is also used to flip the power hierarchy during these trials. So you have disability being both something that bolsters women in their role in the witch trials, and is detrimental and causes their
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