...........................................................................................................................................v INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................................1 1. A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE RIGHTS OF ANGLO_SAXON WOMEN..................................5 2. THE CHILDBIRTH CHARMS: BY WOMEN, FOR WOMEN ..............................................17 3. UN-INDEXING MEDIEVAL WOMEN ..................................................................................28 CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................38 REFERENCES ..............................................................................................................................41 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH .........................................................................................................44