Bootlegging Mother and Drinking Daughters: Gender and Prohibition in Butte, Montana by Mary Murphy

Bootlegging Mother and Drinking Daughters: Gender and Prohibition in Butte, Montana by Mary Murphy

 

Publication date: June 1994

Type of source: Journal article

Impact: 5/5

Why I read this source: Prohibition project

Would I recommend: Yes

 

Main idea of the source?

Saloon culture changed women's relationship with alcohol.

How did I find this source?

I found this source through a JSTOR Daily article when I was first finding ideas to research for my first major project.

Favorite part of source?

I appreciate the way the author used police records from one community and applied these events to both statewide and nationwide issues. 

Least favorite part of source?

The focus on Butte, Montana. It just wasn't necessary for my project but I can still appreciate the local aspect.

 

Why did I give the article a 5/5 for historical impact?

 

This article was one of the first I saw when initially researching my idea for a research project focused on women's relationship with alcohol overtime. It gave a solid basis to begin my project on as I plugged this paper into the connected papers website.

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