A feminist historian gives a summary of theSocial Purity Movement– the 19th century pre-curser of feminism and the origin of the Sexual Trade Union. The historian – Laura Hapke – makes the claim that the Social Purity Movement was ‘not fully feminist’ because it tended to opppose contrac...
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America’s drinking culture was without form, and void—and Prohibition was upon the face of the deep. When folks emerged in 1933, blinking and parched from thirteen senselessly dry years (and, let’s be real, from a lot of adulterated bathroom gin andjake...
moonshine Table of Contents Introduction The making of moonshine Early history and the Whiskey Rebellion The spread of moonshine and the Prohibition era The end of Prohibition to the present day References & Edit HistoryQuick Facts & Related Topics ...
(Moonshine, an unaged whiskey, has its roots in this era.) Major distillation centres are established in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Indiana. Their product is made with malt and other grains (usually corn or rye), producing a beer that is distilled to make a whiskey of 80 percent alcohol ...
There are songs and stories about southern history and culture, from things like the Civil Rights struggle, slavery, the Civil War, as well as stuff like moonshine and bootlegging. How these historical events and culture impacted the lives of my fictitious community is the primary theme of the...
It is also the story of young women of New York City in the mid-nineteenth century and their struggles that reflect the social mores of the patriarchal culture of that era. Researching the history of the House also offered glimpses into mid-century city life. A minister on his way there ...
and on the countrysides of America. “During Prohibition, there wasn't a lot of choice in brandy, gin, rum, or whiskey. Many people had to drink whatever they could get. Whether that was smuggled booze from the rum runners, doctored up ‘whiskey’ or moonshine, or bathtub gin, quality...
Will You forgive Your African-American people their envy, jealousy, and judgments of the established Jewish businesses and culture of the Near North? Will You forgive Your Jewish-American people their judgments and failures to see the Image of G-d in their new African-American neighbors of the...
“He was a really colorful character,” said John Rumble, senior historian at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. “He was a working class guy. He worked in a cotton mill and had other similar jobs and made his own moonshine and sold it.” ...