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News Feed: Women Once Barred from Mixing Drinks

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May 04, 2009

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Hard to believe, but for most of our cocktailing history it was illegal for women to mix drinks. Tell that to the 13 women mixologists shaking and stirring drinks tonight at the 2009 Beard Awards. Read more about the history of the women behind bars in this WSJ piece by Eric Felten.