Sometimes when there’s a big problem no one wants to deal with, you gotta take matters into your own hands. Case in point: Carrie A. Nation; a devout woman, angry about alcohol, who started smashing up bars with a hatchet! In this episode, Abe and Jared dive deep into the life of Carrie Nation, aka Hatchet Granny, the fierce Temperance crusader and suffragist who’d had just about enough of this “alcohol” foolishness. Join us as we tell the story of this weapon-wielding diva, a tale that will make you ask “How pissed off do you have to be to set a barrel of whiskey on fire in the street?” Tangents include but are not limited to Beauregard Mercer IV esq., Lee Strasberg the first Methodist, and the feeling of the wind blowing through your bob.
Sources:
Prohibition: America on the Rocks (Lucasfilm, made by JAK Documentary, 2007)
The Use and Need of the Life of Carrie A Nation by Carrie A Nation (1909)
Carry A. Nation: The Famous and Original Bar Room Smasher.” Kansas State Historical Society. http://www.kshs.org/exhibits/carry/carry1.htm
https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/carrie-amelia-moore-nation-2514/
“Hatchet Nation” by Mark Lawrence Schrad for Slate (2021)
Vessel of Wrath: The Life and Times of Carry Nation by Robert Lewis Taylor (1966)
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