“There were drunk husbands, brothers, and fathers — and women were the ones on the domestic scene that suffered the most from this,” she said. “Men were making decisions about the laws, and women were the ones being affected the most in the private sphere. So this was a way of having a voice.”
The ghost of Carrie Nation is not amused.
Wilton, CT stayed dry for a long time, but no longer out of mere anti-booze sentiment. The locals theorized that not selling alcohol discouraged a certain element from living there.
“To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems!—Homer Simpson
I’m tempted not to relay this story because of conservative legalists that may attack. But humor wins out. I worked rebuilding a house in Rockport 20 years ago for a very colorful conservative. He almost burned it down when he fell asleep while drinking and smoking a cigarette. The first scheduled day of work he called to say we couldn’t begin because his gun was lost somewhere in his house.
He was indeed finding alcohol somewhere in Rockport, a beautiful, ocean front American town.