Nancy Astor Quotes
I would rather commit adultery than drink a glass of beer.
Sykes, Christopher. Nancy: The Life of Lady Astor. Harper & Row, 1972, p. 238.
This is the basis for the Muslim prohibition on alcohol beverages.
Most people only know about Garrison’s abolition crusade. However he had others like temperance.
In 1931 prohibition was a major political issue. Mayor William Hale Thompson organized campaign parades complete with circus animals. A camel carried the following sign.
Before we had national prohibition, many Southern states and counties outlawed alcohol. “Wets” were those who wanted to allow drinking of alcohol. “Drys” were those who did not. The South was “dry” and voted overwhelmingly for national prohibition, and later voted to keep it even when a majority of the country voted to repeal it. The irony was that the South has always been, and still is, one of the highest alcohol consumption regions and has had much alcoholism. Hence Roger’s humor.
In 17th century England the Puritans were major opponents of the Celebration of Christmas which at the time had been celebrated mostly by Roman Catholics.
Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor, CH was an American-born British politician who was first woman seated as a Member of Parliament (MP), serving from 1919 to 1945.
