The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.

Friday, February 3, 2017

World War II and the Rise of Barmaids-- Part 1: Your New Bartender

From the October 16, 2016, Chicago Tribune "Chicago Flashback:  Raise a glass to barmaids of WWII era" by Lara Weber.

Think of this the next time you go into a bar and are served by a woman.

"Call it the shattering of the martini glass ceiling -- the moment when bar and tavern owners decided that a woman could pour a pint or mix a Manhattan as well as a man.

"It took a war to get there.

"For much of America's history, laws and local customs prevented women from working as bartenders.  But when the U.S. entered World War II and thousands of men shipped off for military service, women went to work."

Bartender, Pour Me Another One, Just Like the Last One.  --GreGen

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