Born in 1849 in Pearlington along the Mississippi River, Eliza Jane Poitevent became the first woman owner and publisher of a major daily newspaper in the United States, the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Eliza began her career as a poet under the pen name Pearl Rivers. In 1870 she was offered the position as literary editor [...]
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Pearl Rivers
Posted in Absinthe, Benedictine, Bitters, Broads, Cocktails, New Orleans, Rye, Vermouth on June 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Cradle of the Cocktail and the Women Who Rocked It!
Posted in Absinthe, Bitters, Cocktails, Gin, New Orleans, Rye, Vermouth on June 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Last night the lovely ladies of LUPEC Boston gathered at the home of Pinky Gonzalez to raise our glasses to the women of New Orleans. We nibbled on Shrimp “Arnaud,” fried okra, fried oysters, jalapeno cornbread, and “Bananas in Jackets”/”Nuts in Sticks.” And we washed it all down with the following delicious cocktails! Pimm’s Cup [...]
The Biograph Blonde
Posted in Amer Picon, Broads, Cocktails, Gin on June 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Born in Chicago on June 18, 1895, Blanche Sweet was one of the great actresses of silent film. Although not as well known as her contemporaries, Mary Pickford and Lillian Gish, Sweet made over 120 films. Born into a show business family, Sweet was first carried onto the stage when she was eighteen months. She [...]
Call Sign Chayka
Posted in Broads, Cocktails, Gin, Vodka on June 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
On this day in 1963 Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to fly in space. Out of more than four hundred applicants, Tereshkova was one of five women selected to join the female cosmonaut corp in February, 1962. Tereshkova was seen as a particularly worthy candidate because of her meager upbringing in a small village [...]
Amendment XIX
Posted in Bitters, Cocktails, Gin, Pastis, Women's History on June 4, 2007 | 2 Comments »
On this date in 1919 Congress proposed the 19th amendment which, upon ratification, would guarantee women the right to vote. The history of the suffragist movement began in 1848 at the first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, NY. In 1840, Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton had attended the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London. [...]
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