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
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
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