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Girly drinks : a world history of women and alcohol / Mallory O'Meara.

O'Meara, Mallory, (author.).

Summary:

Provides a tour through the feminist history of women drinking, revealing the untold female distillers, drinkers, and brewers that played vital roles in potent potable history, from ancient Sumerian beer goddess Ninkasi to 1920s bartender Ada Coleman.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781335282408
  • ISBN: 1335282408
  • Physical Description: 383 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, [2021]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-372) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Drunken monkeys and discovering alcohol : the dawn of time -- Cleopatra and her inimitable liver : the ancient world -- Hildegard's brewnuns just want to have fun : the early Middle Ages -- Li Qingzhao and the devil's schoolhouse : the high Middle Ages -- The deviant mirth of Mary Frith : the Renaissance -- The vodka empire of Catherine the Great : the eighteenth century -- The widow Clicquot and the deliciously feminine : the nineteenth century -- Ada Coleman's American bar : the nineteenth century -- Gertrude Lythgoe, queen of the bootleggers : the 1920's -- Tequila, trousers and the legacy of Lucha Reyes : the 1930s and 40s -- Sunny Sund the beachbomber : the 1950s -- Ladies night with Bessie Williamson : the 1960a and 70s -- The Joy Spence anniversary blend : the 1980s and 90s -- Julie Reiner behind the bar after three : The 2000s -- Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela's bold brew : the 2010s.
Subject: Distillers.
Women brewers.
Brewing > History.
Alcoholic beverages > History.
Alcoholic beverages > Social aspects.
Drinking customs.
Women > Alcohol use > History.
Women.
Womyn.

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