# The Feminist History Behind the Ladies’ Entrance

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/the-feminist-history-behind-the-ladies-entrance/
- Published: 2023-03-19T09:00:43-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo caption: A bar in Philadelphia that still keeps its “Ladies Entrance” sign. Photo credit:  JON12 / Stockimo / Alamy Stock Photo. Article by Diana Hubbell. Atlas Obscura – March 13, 2023. In the 1970s, Shirley MacLaine strode up to the bar at Farrell’s Bar & Grill in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, and demanded a drink. The other patrons paused to stare—not so much because she was a famous actress, but because she was a woman. From 1933 up until that point, the bar had a strict policy against “unchaperoned ladies.” […] Click here to view original web page at www.atlasobscura.com