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Cody Wheat
August 4th, 2024
Happy Sunday, and welcome behind the backbar, where we end the week with a quote regarding wine and spirits. Some quotes and authors are better known than others, but all shed light on the attitudes this liquid inspires.
“The prohibitions say that the liquid issue is as dead as slavery. The wet people say that liquor can be obtained anywhere. You’d think they’d both be satisfied.”
via the National Women’s History Museum
Marjory Stoneman Douglas was an American journalist, author, and conservationist. After moving to Miami in 1915 she was one of the first journalists to write for the Miami Herald before leaving the paper a year later to serve in World War I as a member of the American Red Cross. She was stationed in Paris from 1916 through the end of the war.
In addition to her coverage on Prohibition in the Miami area, she was also an advocate for defending the Everglades from being reclaimed for development. She wrote The Everglades: River of Grass, which became her most influential work and helped to change the way people viewed the area. She also produced a total of 109 fiction stories and articles for different publications throughout the rest of her career.
