Beyond the Ladies’ Lounge: Australia’s Female Publicans

Wright challenges the myth that the Australian pub is a male domain. Weaving interviews, archival sources, folk songs, bush ballads and other popular literature throughout the narrative, as well as historical and contemporary photos, this book exposes the remarkable visibility and dynamic presence of female publicans.
Female Publicans and the Law
2 A Monument to Her Enterprise 13
3 Traditions: From ‘Shebeen’ to ‘He or She’ 18
4 Property and Marriage: An Unholy Alliance 28
5 Person or Woman? 43
PART II ‘THE VERY NATURE OF THINGS’
The Politics of Public Housekeeping
6 Minogue’s Case 55
7 The Fallout: Press and Parliament 60
8 The Licensed Victuallers’ Association 74
9 The Brewers 87
PART III ‘A FIRST CLASS FAMILY HOTEL FURNISHED
LIKE A HOME’
Hotel Space, a Woman’s Place
10 Mapping Elizabeth Wright 101
11 ‘Open House’ 106
12 The Hotel as Family Home: An Inside Story 118
13 Pub-licity 127
PART IV ‘SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE’S ABOUT’
Controlling the Public House
14 Making an Impression 147
15 Women’s Temperance, Class and Social Power 152
16 ‘The Buxom Matron Behind the Bar’ 168
17 ‘Dignity Is the Right Word’ 182
18 The More Things Change 193.
xv, 240 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. #111022
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