Queens of Prohibition: The Wild Story of 8 Women Bootleggers, Moonshiners, and Rum Runners

Photo caption: Not every woman wanted alcohol to be banned. Photo credit: Kirn Vintage Stock / Getty Images. Article by Rebecca Hesse. Mental Floss – September 13, 2023.

It was New Year’s Eve 1919, and revelers across the country savored what they believed would be their last boozy celebration before a new era rushed in. Alcohol production and sales would be banned in the United States on January 17, 1920, under the Volstead Act. Society was standing at the precipice of an age that would change things forever—and not in the way most thought. […]

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