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The story of how the ban was overturned is equally fascinating. It involved the California Supreme Court, a savvy feminist clerk, and a bar with a dirty little secret. The ban on women tending bar wasn't just an outdated relic of Prohibition, but a more insidious form of misogyny. Women filled in behind the stick during World War II, but when the men returned, they were unceremoniously fired. The reasoning was that bartending was a man's job, and women weren't emotionally suited for it. This movement reached a head between 1945 and 1948, with Michigan leading the way in...
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The since-stricken law still generates shock value, and not because it was an isolated incident; other states and cities had similar bans during that time frame. But this is California we're talking about. This backwards law seems incomprehensible given the state's legal leanings, especially from a contemporary viewpoint. It's also notable that we're only 52 years removed from the ban's lifting: Just a year after the Beatles broke up and a year before the Watergate break-in isn't exactly ancient history. The third prong of this misogynistic trident? According to Janette Hunt, author of the 2016 book "Drink Like a Woman," California was the last state in the union to lift this kind of embargo.
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In 1945, Michigan enacted a law banning women from bartending unless they owned the bar or were married to the bar owner.• Valentine Goesaert, a Michigan bar owner, led a group of women to file a lawsuit against the statute in 1947.
• The case, Goesaert v. Cleary, made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1948, which struck down the law by a 6-3 vote.
• This decision paved the way for California to lift its own ban on women tending bar in 1976, 52 years after the ban was initially enacted.
• The story of the California Supreme Court, a savvy feminist clerk, and a bar whose legal name hid a dirty little secret highlights the remarkable process of overturning the ban and the misogynistic attitudes that persisted in the industry even after Prohibition's repeal.
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