Girly Drinks
eBook - ePub

Girly Drinks

A World History of Women and Alcohol

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Girly Drinks

A World History of Women and Alcohol

About this book

This is the forgotten history of women making, serving and drinking alcohol. Drink has always been at the centre of social rituals and cultures worldwide—and women have been at the heart of its production and consumption. So when did drinking become gendered? How have patriarchies tried to erase and exclude women from industries they’ve always led, and how have women fought back? And why are things from bars to whiskey considered ‘masculine’, when, without women, they might not exist?

With whip-smart insight and boundless curiosity, Girly Drinks unveils distillers, brewers, drinkers and bartenders with a vital role in the creation and consumption of alcohol, from Cleopatra, Catherine the Great and the real Veuve Clicquot to Chinese poets, medieval nuns and Prohibition bootleggers.

 Mallory O’Meara’s fun and fascinating history dismantles the long-standing myth that drink is a male tradition. Now, readers everywhere can discover each woman celebrated in this book—and proudly have what she’s having.


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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 Drunken Monkeys and Discovering Alcohol
  9. 2 Cleopatra and Her Inimitable Liver
  10. 3 Hildegard’s Brewnuns Just Want to Have Fun
  11. 4 Li Qingzhao and the Devil’s Schoolhouse
  12. 5 The Deviant Mirth of Mary Frith
  13. 6 The Vodka Empire of Catherine the Great
  14. 7 The Widow Clicquot and the Deliciously Feminine
  15. 8 Ada Coleman’s American Bar
  16. 9 Gertrude Lythgoe, Queen of the Bootleggers
  17. 10 Tequila, Trousers and the Legacy of Lucha Reyes
  18. 11 Sunny Sund the Beachcomber
  19. 12 Ladies Night with Bessie Williamson
  20. 13 The Joy Spence Anniversary Blend
  21. 14 Julie Reiner behind the Bar after Three
  22. 15 Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela’s Bold Brew
  23. Epilogue
  24. Acknowledgments
  25. Sources
  26. Index
  27. Back Cover