husband. susan b. anthony began with a temperance work. when she wasn t allowed to speak, she thait, i bher get us a vote. you think about the prohibition era which i think you have row mantized a lot. pre-prohibition, drinking as you say, public drinking was men only. legal but men only. during prohibition it was illegal to drink but it was no lo longer just men. suddenly the saloon which was a male-only place became a speak easy and it was against the rules so we ll break down social rules as well. women come into the bar. if you have women in bar you might have dancing. nightclubs wouldn t have happened without prohibition. women also important not only in banning booze, important in the social transformation. women also important in unbanning booze, in repealing prohibition. the key figure was a woman named paul lean morton, an