We decided it was time to look into the origins of American women in the service industry and discovered that for nearly 150 years not only was it illegal for a woman to work in a restaurant or bar, we weren't even allowed to be in one. V COOL. We dive into the always brilliant laws men create to keep a lady down, but don't worry we are the queens of subversion! Our hungover research will stretch across a few episodes but for now we talk about Puritanical society in the 1830's, Ordinaries, Snugs, The Temperance Movement and laws that kept women from bartending until the 1970's. WTF. Then our sister in arms Jackie Zebrowski drops by the podcast to detail 8 1/2 years managing the Blue Stove in Brooklyn. Even though she's in anger management, no, she won't make your  dumb kid a "babyccino".

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