This program explores the 18th Amendment’s text and
its drafters. This discussion includes recognition of the feminist
constitutional legacy of prohibition and its repeal. This program will also
discuss the 18th Amendment’s continuing legacy of misregulation. Drawing on
inspiration from sources that include the Crescent City itself, this program
explores how some bootleggers, bakers, and others thwarted regulation from 1919
through repeal in 1933, while others faced harsh enforcement on the basis of
race, sex, socio-economic status, and other factors. This program contemplates
the cultural and economic legacy of prohibition that continues to shape the
everyday politics of food and drink in the United States and its Territories.
A virtual business meeting was held prior to the Annual Meeting.