Was Mary really the only woman there that night? Where are all the women? There was likely a midwife, or some woman from the village to help deliver the baby. Those three kings didn’t get there for many months after following the star, yet they’re commonly displayed in the scene. Why do we put up with women being erased from these stories? It seems unlikely that the innkeeper’s wife would have slammed the door shut on a teenage girl giving birth without calling for or providing some help.
