I want to make an effort to learn more about the roles of women in history, which I suspect will reinforce my appreciation of life in the 21st century. 

• Women Healers of the Middle Ages: Selected Aspects of Their History (article online)
• Recipes for Health: Magical, Religious, and Pharmacological Remedies for Female Ailments in Medieval England by Sierra Skye Gemma (via Medievalists.net)
• Of Lemons, Yams, and Crocodile Dung: A brief history of birth control (via Medievalists.net)