The movement to MADA (Make America Dry Again) was led by Carrie Nation, who was born in 1846 in Garrard County, Kentucky. The ...
On Jan. 17, 1920, prohibition of alcohol began in the United States as the Volstead Act went into effect in support of the ...
Alcoholism still exists, and may even be increasing, as women begin to drink in the speakeasies that replace the male-only saloon. Despite the growing discontent with Prohibition and its ...
This could be the start of alcohol scold culture, Prohibition 2.0 It might also lead us further down the road to a “scold” ...
Prohibition in the United States, which lasted from 1920 to 1933, banned the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcoholic beverages. The movement was fueled by moral and religious objections ...
Wilmington is known for having some of the best bars in the Cape Fear. But for a period of time during the 20th century, they wouldn't have been allowed to exist.