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