Stories of local women bootleggers and Prohibition shared

other artifacts.

Some of the women who will be mentioned include:

• Kate Hester, the McKeesport saloon owner who coinedtheterm“speakeasy.”

• Women involved in the temperance movement, including Women’s Christian Temperance Union leader Frances Willard, who claimed she got her start during anti-saloon crusades in Pittsburgh.

• Carrie Nation was also a member of the temperance movement and was said to have believed that drunkenness was the root cause of many problems in society.

• Marie Tullas, the first local woman reportedly arrested for bootlegging while selling whiskeytocoalminers.

• Annie Corey, who sold moonshine and alongside ribbons on the North Side.

The event will also discuss laws that prohibited women from bartending, women who supported Prohibition but then changed their minds when they saw the social effects, and modern women in the whiskey industry.

To celebrate the Colonial women who made cider in their homes, Wigle will open some barrels of its Threadbare Cider. Each station will be paired with a different spirit. For instance, the station discussing the Prohibition era will feature gin.

Each guest will also get two drink tickets, and the Alberta’s Pizza truck will be on hand for the hungry.

The event runs from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Advance tickets are $18, or $15 for History Center members. For tickets, go to wiglewhiskey.com/tipsy-history-womensTickets are an extra $2 at the door. Advance tickets are recommended because the event will be capped at about 100 attendees.