Sharice Davids (May 22, 1980 - )
Sharice Davids is an American attorney and politician from the state of Kansas. Davids is a member of the Ho-Chunk nation. Her maternal grandfather, Fredrick J. Davids, a 30-year Army veteran, was born into the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans, in Oneida, Wisconsin. Sharice was raised by Fredrick's daughter, Crystal Herriage, a single mother who served in the U.S. Army.
Davids began fighting mixed martial arts as an amateur in 2006, and went professional in 2013. She had a 5–1 win–loss record as an amateur and a 1–1 record as a professional. She tried out for The Ultimate Fighter but did not make it onto the show, allowing her to shift her focus away from MMA.
Davids began her legal career in 2010. She later directed community and economic development for the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and opened her own business, Hoka Coffee. In 2016, she worked as a White House Fellow in the Department of Transportation during the transition between the Obama and Trump administrations.
In the 2018 elections, Davids ran for the United States House of Representatives in Kansas's 3rd congressional district. She defeated Brent Welder, who had been endorsed by Bernie Sanders, by a margin of 37% to 34% in the August primary election.[8] Davids defeated incumbent Republican Kevin Yoder in the November 6, 2018, general election. This made her the first openly gay Native American in Congress, the first openly LGBTQ member of the Kansas congressional delegation, the first openly gay person representing Kansas on the federal level. Along with Deb Haaland, she was also one of the first Native American women in Congress.
The Cocktail:
Whiskey Punch
1/4 cup honey syrup
4 cups lemonade
3 cups whiskey
4 cups club soda
(makes 12 drinks)
Drinkability: 5
Drunkabiltiy: 3
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 5
Comments: - basically a cold hot toddy
From "Knockout Punch" hosted by Irish Knockout
NYC chapter of Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails
Showing posts with label women in politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label women in politics. Show all posts
Thursday, January 3, 2019
October, 2018 - Ruther Bader Ginsberg - Prickly Pear Cocktail
Ruth Bader Ginsberg (March 15, 1933 - )
Ginsburg graduated from Cornell University in 1954, finishing first in her lass. She attended Harvard Law School for two years before transferring to Columbia Law School to join her husband, who had been hired by a prestigious law firm in New York City. She was elected to the law reviews of both schools and graduated tied for first in her class at Columbia in 1959.
After clerking for U.S. District Judge Edmund L. Palmieri (1959-61), she taught at Rutgers University Law School (63-72) and at Columbia (72-80), where she became the school's first female tenured professor. During the 1970s she also served as the director of the Women's Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, for which she argued six landmark cases on gender equality before the Supreme Court. She won five of those cases and thereby helped establish the unconstitutionality of unequal treatment of men and women.
She was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1993 by President Bill Clinton to fill the seat vacated by Justice Byron White; she was easily confirmed by the Senate (96-3).
The Cocktail:
Prickly Pear
1/2 pear
.5 Tbsp honey
1/4 lime, juiced
1.5 oz bourbon
3 oz chilled ginger ale
Drinkability: 5
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 5+
Comments: We should all watch the movie (added later)
From "The Supremes (Women of the Supreme Court) hosted by MPF
Ginsburg graduated from Cornell University in 1954, finishing first in her lass. She attended Harvard Law School for two years before transferring to Columbia Law School to join her husband, who had been hired by a prestigious law firm in New York City. She was elected to the law reviews of both schools and graduated tied for first in her class at Columbia in 1959.
After clerking for U.S. District Judge Edmund L. Palmieri (1959-61), she taught at Rutgers University Law School (63-72) and at Columbia (72-80), where she became the school's first female tenured professor. During the 1970s she also served as the director of the Women's Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, for which she argued six landmark cases on gender equality before the Supreme Court. She won five of those cases and thereby helped establish the unconstitutionality of unequal treatment of men and women.
She was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1993 by President Bill Clinton to fill the seat vacated by Justice Byron White; she was easily confirmed by the Senate (96-3).
The Cocktail:
Prickly Pear
1/2 pear
.5 Tbsp honey
1/4 lime, juiced
1.5 oz bourbon
3 oz chilled ginger ale
Drinkability: 5
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 5+
Comments: We should all watch the movie (added later)
From "The Supremes (Women of the Supreme Court) hosted by MPF
October 2018 - Sonia Sotomayor - Agave Ginger 'Rita
Sonia Sotomayor (June 25, 1954 - )
Sonia Sotomayor made history on August 6, 2009, when the U.S. Senate confirmed her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. Appointed by President Barack Obama, Sotomayor became the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice.
Sotomayor, the daughter of Puerto Rican-born parents, grew up in New York City. Her father died when she was 9 years old. After earning a bachelor's degree at Princeton University in 1976, Sotomayor went to Yale Law School. There, she was an editor of the prestigious Yale Law Journal before earning a law degree in 1979.
From 1979-1984, Sotomayor was an assistant district attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office. She then moved to the private sector, where she litigated international commercial matters at a prominent law firm. She rose to become a partner in the firm. In 1991, President George H.W. Bush appointed her to the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. She served in that position until 1998. From 1998-2009, Sotomayor served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. she was appointed to that position by President Bill Clinton. In addition to her positions on the bench, Sotomayor also taught at Columbia Law School and New York University School of Law.
The Cocktail:
Agave Ginger 'Rita
1 oz tequila
1 oz lime juice
3/4 oz ginger simple syrup
Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 2.5
Priority for Conservation: 5+
Comments: Best if you make your own ginger simple syrup
From "The Supremes" (Women of the Supreme Court) hosted by MPF
Sonia Sotomayor made history on August 6, 2009, when the U.S. Senate confirmed her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. Appointed by President Barack Obama, Sotomayor became the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice.
Sotomayor, the daughter of Puerto Rican-born parents, grew up in New York City. Her father died when she was 9 years old. After earning a bachelor's degree at Princeton University in 1976, Sotomayor went to Yale Law School. There, she was an editor of the prestigious Yale Law Journal before earning a law degree in 1979.
From 1979-1984, Sotomayor was an assistant district attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office. She then moved to the private sector, where she litigated international commercial matters at a prominent law firm. She rose to become a partner in the firm. In 1991, President George H.W. Bush appointed her to the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. She served in that position until 1998. From 1998-2009, Sotomayor served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. she was appointed to that position by President Bill Clinton. In addition to her positions on the bench, Sotomayor also taught at Columbia Law School and New York University School of Law.
The Cocktail:
Agave Ginger 'Rita
1 oz tequila
1 oz lime juice
3/4 oz ginger simple syrup
Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 2.5
Priority for Conservation: 5+
Comments: Best if you make your own ginger simple syrup
From "The Supremes" (Women of the Supreme Court) hosted by MPF
October 2018 - Sandra Day O'Connor - Villar Perosa
Sandra Day O'Connor (March 26, 1930 - )
Sandra Day grew up on a large family ranch near Duncan, Arizona. She received undergraduate (1950) and law (1952) degrees from Stanford University. Upon her graduation she married a classmate, John Jay O'Connor III. Unable to find employment in a law firm because she was a woman - despite her academic achievements, one firm offered her a job as a secretary - she became a deputy district attorney in San Mateo county, California. After a brief tenure, she and her husband, a member of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps, moved to Germany, where she served as a civil attorney for the army (1954-57).
Upon her return to the United States, O'Connor pursued private practice in Maryville, Arizona, becoming an assistant attorney general for the state (65-69). In 1969 she was elected as a Republican to the Arizona Senate (69-74), rising to the position. She later was elected a Superior Court judge in Maricopa county, a post she hed from 1975 - 1979, when she was appointed to the Arizona court of Appeals in Phoenix. In July 1981, President Ronald Reagan nominated her to fill the vacancy left on the Supreme Court by the retirement of Justie Potter Stewart. Described by Reagan as a "person for all seasons," O'Connor was confirmed unanimously by the Senate and was sworn in as the first female justice on September 25, 1981.
In 2006 O'Connor retired from the Supreme Court and was replaced by Samuel Alito. She was the author of several books, and in 2009 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The Cocktail:
Villar Perosa
1 oz gin
.5 oz elderflower liquer
1 oz grapefruit juice
Drinkability: 2.5
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 3
Comments: FR abstains due to grapefruit - the others were not as enthusiastic
From "The Supremes" (Women of the Supreme Court) hosted by MPF
Sandra Day grew up on a large family ranch near Duncan, Arizona. She received undergraduate (1950) and law (1952) degrees from Stanford University. Upon her graduation she married a classmate, John Jay O'Connor III. Unable to find employment in a law firm because she was a woman - despite her academic achievements, one firm offered her a job as a secretary - she became a deputy district attorney in San Mateo county, California. After a brief tenure, she and her husband, a member of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps, moved to Germany, where she served as a civil attorney for the army (1954-57).
Upon her return to the United States, O'Connor pursued private practice in Maryville, Arizona, becoming an assistant attorney general for the state (65-69). In 1969 she was elected as a Republican to the Arizona Senate (69-74), rising to the position. She later was elected a Superior Court judge in Maricopa county, a post she hed from 1975 - 1979, when she was appointed to the Arizona court of Appeals in Phoenix. In July 1981, President Ronald Reagan nominated her to fill the vacancy left on the Supreme Court by the retirement of Justie Potter Stewart. Described by Reagan as a "person for all seasons," O'Connor was confirmed unanimously by the Senate and was sworn in as the first female justice on September 25, 1981.
In 2006 O'Connor retired from the Supreme Court and was replaced by Samuel Alito. She was the author of several books, and in 2009 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The Cocktail:
Villar Perosa
1 oz gin
.5 oz elderflower liquer
1 oz grapefruit juice
Drinkability: 2.5
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 3
Comments: FR abstains due to grapefruit - the others were not as enthusiastic
From "The Supremes" (Women of the Supreme Court) hosted by MPF
October 2018 - Elana Kagan - Bourbon Cider
Elana Kagan - (April 20, 1960 - )
Kagan, the daughter of Robert Kagan, a lawyer, and Gloria Gittelman Kagan, an elementary school teacher, was raised in New York City. She received a B.A. in history from Princeton University in 1981 and then studied on a fellowship at the University of Oxford, where she received an M.Phil. in 1983. Afterward, she attended Harvard Law School, where she was awarded a J.D. in 1986
Kagan spent a few years in private practice in Washington, D.C., before becoming a law professor at the University of Chicago (where the future U.S. president Barack Obama was taught). Plucked out of academia by Pres. Bill Clinton, she served as associate White House counsel (1995-96) and then as deputy assistant (97-99) to Clinton on his Domestic Policy Counsel. In 1999 Clinton appointed Kagan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, but the Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee scheduled no hearings on her nomination. Future chief justice of the United States John G. Roberts was subsequently nominated to the post after George W. Bush became president.
Thereafter, she returned to academia at Harvard Law School, where she taught administrative law, constitutional law, and civil procedure and in 2003 was appointed dean overseeing fund-raising, improving student life, and developing a reputation as a pragmatist able to reduce tension among Harvard's notoriously fractious law faculty. In 2009 she was appointed by Obama to serve as the U.S. solicitor general; she was confirmed (61-31) by the U.S. Senate on march 19, becoming the first woman to occupy the post.
On May 10, 2010, Kagan was nominated by Obama to replace retiring justice John Paul Stevens on the U.S. Supreme Court. Because of her reputation for reaching out to conservatives - she had recruited several conservative professors at Harvard, hosted a dinner honouring conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, and received a standing ovation from the conservative Federalist Society - some liberals feared that she might not be a reliable vote for the court's liberal minority, though she was a passionate advocate of civil rights, including gay rights. Kagan was confirmed (63-37) by the Senate in August 2010.
The Cocktail:
Bourbon Cider
2 oz chilled apple cider
2 oz bourbon
2 oz chilled ginger beer
Drinkability:4
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 5
Comments: BM dissented due to not liking ginger beer
From "The Supremes" (Women of the Supreme Court) hosted by MPF
Kagan, the daughter of Robert Kagan, a lawyer, and Gloria Gittelman Kagan, an elementary school teacher, was raised in New York City. She received a B.A. in history from Princeton University in 1981 and then studied on a fellowship at the University of Oxford, where she received an M.Phil. in 1983. Afterward, she attended Harvard Law School, where she was awarded a J.D. in 1986
Kagan spent a few years in private practice in Washington, D.C., before becoming a law professor at the University of Chicago (where the future U.S. president Barack Obama was taught). Plucked out of academia by Pres. Bill Clinton, she served as associate White House counsel (1995-96) and then as deputy assistant (97-99) to Clinton on his Domestic Policy Counsel. In 1999 Clinton appointed Kagan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, but the Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee scheduled no hearings on her nomination. Future chief justice of the United States John G. Roberts was subsequently nominated to the post after George W. Bush became president.
Thereafter, she returned to academia at Harvard Law School, where she taught administrative law, constitutional law, and civil procedure and in 2003 was appointed dean overseeing fund-raising, improving student life, and developing a reputation as a pragmatist able to reduce tension among Harvard's notoriously fractious law faculty. In 2009 she was appointed by Obama to serve as the U.S. solicitor general; she was confirmed (61-31) by the U.S. Senate on march 19, becoming the first woman to occupy the post.
On May 10, 2010, Kagan was nominated by Obama to replace retiring justice John Paul Stevens on the U.S. Supreme Court. Because of her reputation for reaching out to conservatives - she had recruited several conservative professors at Harvard, hosted a dinner honouring conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, and received a standing ovation from the conservative Federalist Society - some liberals feared that she might not be a reliable vote for the court's liberal minority, though she was a passionate advocate of civil rights, including gay rights. Kagan was confirmed (63-37) by the Senate in August 2010.
The Cocktail:
Bourbon Cider
2 oz chilled apple cider
2 oz bourbon
2 oz chilled ginger beer
Drinkability:4
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 5
Comments: BM dissented due to not liking ginger beer
From "The Supremes" (Women of the Supreme Court) hosted by MPF
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
March, 2016 - Sage Cowles - Income Tax
Sage Cowles
Former LPGA Tour Member Janie Blaylock, softball legend Joan Joyce and tennis icon Billie Jean King, founded the International Women's Professional Softball Association in 1976. The fledgling association survived four seasons before lack of funds, high travel costs and inadequate facilities ultimately led to its demise. In 1982, the NCAA began to sanction the Women's College World Series, a move that led to increased participation and exposure for the sport. Along with her collegiate head coach John Horan, former Utah State University player Sage Cowles, owner of the Cowles Media Company, who agreed to provide financial backing for the endeavor. Eight years of successful research and planning finally culminated in May 1997, with the Cowles family and title sponsor AT&T Wireless Services launching Women's Pro Fastpitch. ESPN2 televised over 30 games from 1999 to 2001. The broadcasts consistently out-rated those of Major League Soccer and the National Hockey League. On Nov 21, 2002, WPSL announced a rebranding strategy and officially name changed to National Pro Fastpitch. The 2004 season was distinguished by 178 league-wide games, 96 of the best female softball players in the country, the continued support of Major League Baseball, NPF playoffs, and the inaugural NPF Championship with the NY/NJ Juggernaut capturing the Championship Cowles Cup with a victory over the New England Riptide, fourth place finisher in the regular season.
Sage Cowles passed away in 2013 at the age of 88. In her life she was "mother, wife, grandmother, friend. Philanthropist, fundraiser, benefactor. Networker, cajoler. Feminist, political activist, educator. Softball and fitness enthusiast. Artist: choreographer, performer, dancer", according to a profile written for the Walker Arts Center in Minnesota. In addition to the Cowles Cup in softball, Sage helped make the Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts a reality, giving Minnesota its long-awaited flagship for dance; and helped establish the Sage Cowles Land Grant Chair in Dance at the University of Minnesota, which brings in visiting artists. In 2005, the Sage Awards for Dance were created to honor her profound contributions. Outside of the arts, Sage served on the board of Planned Parenthood. She and her husband were fellows at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs , where she taught the other fellows to engage with their bodies during movement workshops and wrote a paper calling for a more holistic educational model as the body isn't "a second-class citizen, separate from the mind."
The Drink:
Income Tax
1 1/2 oz gin
3/4 oz dry vermouth
3/4 oz sweet vermouth
3/4 oz orange juice
2 dashes Angostura
Drinkability: 2
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity:4
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 1
Comments: it was very diverse, but not a good tasting blend of flavors.
From FR's "Women in Sports with Awards Named After Them" themed meeting.
Former LPGA Tour Member Janie Blaylock, softball legend Joan Joyce and tennis icon Billie Jean King, founded the International Women's Professional Softball Association in 1976. The fledgling association survived four seasons before lack of funds, high travel costs and inadequate facilities ultimately led to its demise. In 1982, the NCAA began to sanction the Women's College World Series, a move that led to increased participation and exposure for the sport. Along with her collegiate head coach John Horan, former Utah State University player Sage Cowles, owner of the Cowles Media Company, who agreed to provide financial backing for the endeavor. Eight years of successful research and planning finally culminated in May 1997, with the Cowles family and title sponsor AT&T Wireless Services launching Women's Pro Fastpitch. ESPN2 televised over 30 games from 1999 to 2001. The broadcasts consistently out-rated those of Major League Soccer and the National Hockey League. On Nov 21, 2002, WPSL announced a rebranding strategy and officially name changed to National Pro Fastpitch. The 2004 season was distinguished by 178 league-wide games, 96 of the best female softball players in the country, the continued support of Major League Baseball, NPF playoffs, and the inaugural NPF Championship with the NY/NJ Juggernaut capturing the Championship Cowles Cup with a victory over the New England Riptide, fourth place finisher in the regular season.
Sage Cowles passed away in 2013 at the age of 88. In her life she was "mother, wife, grandmother, friend. Philanthropist, fundraiser, benefactor. Networker, cajoler. Feminist, political activist, educator. Softball and fitness enthusiast. Artist: choreographer, performer, dancer", according to a profile written for the Walker Arts Center in Minnesota. In addition to the Cowles Cup in softball, Sage helped make the Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts a reality, giving Minnesota its long-awaited flagship for dance; and helped establish the Sage Cowles Land Grant Chair in Dance at the University of Minnesota, which brings in visiting artists. In 2005, the Sage Awards for Dance were created to honor her profound contributions. Outside of the arts, Sage served on the board of Planned Parenthood. She and her husband were fellows at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs , where she taught the other fellows to engage with their bodies during movement workshops and wrote a paper calling for a more holistic educational model as the body isn't "a second-class citizen, separate from the mind."
The Drink:
Income Tax
1 1/2 oz gin
3/4 oz dry vermouth
3/4 oz sweet vermouth
3/4 oz orange juice
2 dashes Angostura
Drinkability: 2
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity:4
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 1
Comments: it was very diverse, but not a good tasting blend of flavors.
From FR's "Women in Sports with Awards Named After Them" themed meeting.
Sunday, October 11, 2015
September, 2015 - Ella Baker - Capri
Ella Baker (1903 - 1986)
Baker was born in Norfolk Virginia and grew up in North Carolina. She studied at Shaw University in Raleigh, and graduated as valedictorian. She moved to NYC to join social activist organizations. In 1930, she joined the Young Negroes Cooperative League, whose purpose was to develop black economic power through collective planning. She began to work with the NAACP in 1940 as a field secretary and then served as a director of branches from 1943-6. In 1957, she moved to Atlanta to help organize the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. In 1960, she left to assist the new student activists from North Carolina A&T University who refused to leave a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, NC. Under her mentorship, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was born. SNCC joined with the Congress of Racial Equality to organize the 1961 Freedom Rides. She was highly respected civil rights leader who mostly worked "behind the scenes" advising, supporting, and mentoring greats like WEB Dubois, Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King Jr., and Rosa Parks. Baker's reputation as a leader and movement builder earned her the nickname "Fundi," Swahili for a person who teaches craft to the next generation.
The Drink:
Capri Cocktail:
1.5 oz gin
.5 oz limoncello
.25 oz peach schnapps
1 oz grapefruit juice
1 oz mango juice
dash of orgeat syrup
Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 2
Priority for Conservation: 3
Comments:
From "Women of the Civil Rights Movement" hosted by BallBuster
Baker was born in Norfolk Virginia and grew up in North Carolina. She studied at Shaw University in Raleigh, and graduated as valedictorian. She moved to NYC to join social activist organizations. In 1930, she joined the Young Negroes Cooperative League, whose purpose was to develop black economic power through collective planning. She began to work with the NAACP in 1940 as a field secretary and then served as a director of branches from 1943-6. In 1957, she moved to Atlanta to help organize the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. In 1960, she left to assist the new student activists from North Carolina A&T University who refused to leave a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, NC. Under her mentorship, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was born. SNCC joined with the Congress of Racial Equality to organize the 1961 Freedom Rides. She was highly respected civil rights leader who mostly worked "behind the scenes" advising, supporting, and mentoring greats like WEB Dubois, Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King Jr., and Rosa Parks. Baker's reputation as a leader and movement builder earned her the nickname "Fundi," Swahili for a person who teaches craft to the next generation.
The Drink:
Capri Cocktail:
1.5 oz gin
.5 oz limoncello
.25 oz peach schnapps
1 oz grapefruit juice
1 oz mango juice
dash of orgeat syrup
Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 2
Priority for Conservation: 3
Comments:
From "Women of the Civil Rights Movement" hosted by BallBuster
September, 2015 - Viola Gregg Liuzzo - Mamie Taylor
Viola Gregg Liuzzo (1925-1965)
"We're going to change the world. One day they'll write about us. You'll see."
Liuzzo was born in Pennsylvania and lived in Detroit with her second husband and five children. Politically and socially active, Liuzzo was a member of the Detriot chapter of the NAACP. After "Bloody Sunday," when civil rights supporters were attacked by police in Selma, Liuzzo traveled to Alabama. On march 21, 1965, more than 3,000 marched from Selma to Montgomery to campaign for voting rights for African Americans in the South. During the march, Liuzzo drove supporters between Selma and Montgomery. That night, Liuzzo was driving another civil rigths worker with the SCLC - an African-American teenager named Leroy Moton -- back to Selma on Highway 80, when another car pulled alongside her vehicle. One of the passengers in the neighboring car shot at Liuzzo, striking her in the face and killing her. Moton survived the attack by pretending to be dead. The police arrested four members of the Ku Klux Klah for the killing, one of which was revealed to be an FBI informant. They were acquitted by an all-white jury on state charges related to the crime, but were later convicted on federal charges. Despite efforts to discredit Liuzzo driven by J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the FBI, her murder led President Lyndon B. Johnson to order an investigation into the Ku Klux Klan. It is also believed that her death helped encourage legislators to pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
The Drink:
Mamie Taylor
2 oz blended scotch
.5 oz fresh lime juice
2-5 oz chilled ginger ale
lemon slice
on the rocks
Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 4
Comments:
From "Women of the Civil Rights Movement" hosted by BallBuster
"We're going to change the world. One day they'll write about us. You'll see."
Liuzzo was born in Pennsylvania and lived in Detroit with her second husband and five children. Politically and socially active, Liuzzo was a member of the Detriot chapter of the NAACP. After "Bloody Sunday," when civil rights supporters were attacked by police in Selma, Liuzzo traveled to Alabama. On march 21, 1965, more than 3,000 marched from Selma to Montgomery to campaign for voting rights for African Americans in the South. During the march, Liuzzo drove supporters between Selma and Montgomery. That night, Liuzzo was driving another civil rigths worker with the SCLC - an African-American teenager named Leroy Moton -- back to Selma on Highway 80, when another car pulled alongside her vehicle. One of the passengers in the neighboring car shot at Liuzzo, striking her in the face and killing her. Moton survived the attack by pretending to be dead. The police arrested four members of the Ku Klux Klah for the killing, one of which was revealed to be an FBI informant. They were acquitted by an all-white jury on state charges related to the crime, but were later convicted on federal charges. Despite efforts to discredit Liuzzo driven by J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the FBI, her murder led President Lyndon B. Johnson to order an investigation into the Ku Klux Klan. It is also believed that her death helped encourage legislators to pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
The Drink:
Mamie Taylor
2 oz blended scotch
.5 oz fresh lime juice
2-5 oz chilled ginger ale
lemon slice
on the rocks
Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 4
Comments:
From "Women of the Civil Rights Movement" hosted by BallBuster
September, 2015 - Fannie Lou Hamer - Brainstorm
Fannie Lou Hamer (1917 - 1977)
"Nobody's free until everybody's free"
Hamer was born in Montgomery County, Mississippi. She was the youngest of 20 children. Her parents were sharecroppers and she began working the fields when she was only 6 years old. She continued to be a share cropper after her 1944 marriage to Perry "Pap" Hamer. In 1962, she attended a protest meeting and met civil rights activists who encouraged blacks and register to vote, and soon became active in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which fought racial segregation and injustice in the South. During the course of her activist career, Hamer was threatened, arrested, beaten, and shot at. She was severely injured in 1963 in Winona, Mississippi jail when she and two other activists were taken in by police after attending a training workshop. Hamer was beaten so badly that she suffered permanent kidney damage. In 1964, she helped found the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, and ran for Congress in Mississippi in 1965. Fannie also helped to establish the National Women's Political Caucus in 1971. Hamer died in 1977 from breast cancer.
The Drink:
Brainstorm:
1.5 oz Irish whiskey
1.5 oz dry vermouth
.25 oz benedictine
lemon twist
Drinkability: 2
Drunkability: 4.5
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 3
Comments: PoC is a 3 if you dial down the vermouth just a bit.
From "Women of the Civil Rights Movement" hosted by BallBuster
"Nobody's free until everybody's free"
Hamer was born in Montgomery County, Mississippi. She was the youngest of 20 children. Her parents were sharecroppers and she began working the fields when she was only 6 years old. She continued to be a share cropper after her 1944 marriage to Perry "Pap" Hamer. In 1962, she attended a protest meeting and met civil rights activists who encouraged blacks and register to vote, and soon became active in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which fought racial segregation and injustice in the South. During the course of her activist career, Hamer was threatened, arrested, beaten, and shot at. She was severely injured in 1963 in Winona, Mississippi jail when she and two other activists were taken in by police after attending a training workshop. Hamer was beaten so badly that she suffered permanent kidney damage. In 1964, she helped found the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, and ran for Congress in Mississippi in 1965. Fannie also helped to establish the National Women's Political Caucus in 1971. Hamer died in 1977 from breast cancer.
The Drink:
Brainstorm:
1.5 oz Irish whiskey
1.5 oz dry vermouth
.25 oz benedictine
lemon twist
Drinkability: 2
Drunkability: 4.5
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 3
Comments: PoC is a 3 if you dial down the vermouth just a bit.
From "Women of the Civil Rights Movement" hosted by BallBuster
September, 2015 - Dorothy Height - Antibes
Dorothy Height (1912-2010)
Born in Richmond, Virginia, the daughter of a building contractor and a nurse, Height moved with her family to Pennsylvania in her youth. She was awarded a college scholarship after winning a national oratory competition, and attended NYU, where she would ear a bachelor's degree in education and a master's degree in psychology. Height joined the staff of the Harlem YWCA in 1937 where she met educator and founder of the National Council of Negro Women, Mary McLeod Bethune. Height soon volunteered with the NCNW. One of Height's major accomplishments at the YWCA was directing the integration of all of its centers in 1946. She also established its Center for Racial Justice in 1965. In 1957, Height became the president of the NCNW and helped to organize the March on Washington. But she was not invited to speak that day despite her oratory skills. Height later wrote that the event had been an eye-opening experience for her. Her male counterparts "were happy to include women in the human family, but there was no question as to who headed the household." In 1971, she helped found the National Women's Political Caucus. Height was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1994) and the Congressional Gold Medal (2004) and died on April 20, 2010, in Washington, D.C.
The Drink:
Antibes
1.5 oz gin
.5 oz benedictine
2 oz grapefruit juice
orange slice
on the rocks
Drinkability: 3
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 4
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 3.5
Comments: split vote depending on how you feel about grapefruit juice
From "Women of the Civil Rights Movement" hosted by BallBuster
Born in Richmond, Virginia, the daughter of a building contractor and a nurse, Height moved with her family to Pennsylvania in her youth. She was awarded a college scholarship after winning a national oratory competition, and attended NYU, where she would ear a bachelor's degree in education and a master's degree in psychology. Height joined the staff of the Harlem YWCA in 1937 where she met educator and founder of the National Council of Negro Women, Mary McLeod Bethune. Height soon volunteered with the NCNW. One of Height's major accomplishments at the YWCA was directing the integration of all of its centers in 1946. She also established its Center for Racial Justice in 1965. In 1957, Height became the president of the NCNW and helped to organize the March on Washington. But she was not invited to speak that day despite her oratory skills. Height later wrote that the event had been an eye-opening experience for her. Her male counterparts "were happy to include women in the human family, but there was no question as to who headed the household." In 1971, she helped found the National Women's Political Caucus. Height was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1994) and the Congressional Gold Medal (2004) and died on April 20, 2010, in Washington, D.C.
The Drink:
Antibes
1.5 oz gin
.5 oz benedictine
2 oz grapefruit juice
orange slice
on the rocks
Drinkability: 3
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 4
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 3.5
Comments: split vote depending on how you feel about grapefruit juice
From "Women of the Civil Rights Movement" hosted by BallBuster
Thursday, May 28, 2015
February, 2015 - Yuri Kochiyama - Darkness on the Edge of Town
Yuri Kochiyama
Although, technically born in the U.S., Yuri, the daughter of Japanese immigrants, was not treated as a citizen as a young woman. The Federal government interned her in Kansas for over 3 years during WWII, and upon her release, she didn't move back to her native California, but instead moved to Harlem. As a Japanese-American, she joined an unlikely grou - Malcolm X's Organization of Afro-American Unity. Yuri famously was pictured in Life Magazine holding Malcolm X as he lay dying. Yuri's activist causes were diverse, including Puerto Rican independence, protesting the Vietnam War, nuclear disarmament, and rights for political prisoners. Yuri was nominated for a Nobel Prize through the 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005 Project. She has been the subject of documentaries and plays. Yuri died at the age of 93 in June 2014.
The Drink:
Darkness on the Edge of Town
1 oz gin
1 oz Aperol
4 oz chilled porter-style beer
orange wedge
Drinkability: 4.5
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 4
Comments: "Strong votes for PfC for a rating of 5 from OH and BB"
From the inaugural meeting, themed "Newbies" form our newest member ???
Although, technically born in the U.S., Yuri, the daughter of Japanese immigrants, was not treated as a citizen as a young woman. The Federal government interned her in Kansas for over 3 years during WWII, and upon her release, she didn't move back to her native California, but instead moved to Harlem. As a Japanese-American, she joined an unlikely grou - Malcolm X's Organization of Afro-American Unity. Yuri famously was pictured in Life Magazine holding Malcolm X as he lay dying. Yuri's activist causes were diverse, including Puerto Rican independence, protesting the Vietnam War, nuclear disarmament, and rights for political prisoners. Yuri was nominated for a Nobel Prize through the 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005 Project. She has been the subject of documentaries and plays. Yuri died at the age of 93 in June 2014.
The Drink:
Darkness on the Edge of Town
1 oz gin
1 oz Aperol
4 oz chilled porter-style beer
orange wedge
Drinkability: 4.5
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 4
Comments: "Strong votes for PfC for a rating of 5 from OH and BB"
From the inaugural meeting, themed "Newbies" form our newest member ???
Monday, February 16, 2015
January, 2015 - Joan Clarke - The Suffering Bastard
Joan Clarke - June 24, 1917 - September 4, 1996
Joan Clarke's ingenious work as a codebreaker for Britain during WW2 saved countless lives. But while Bletchley Park hero Alan Turing - who was punished by a post-war society where homosexuality was illegal and died at 41 - has been treated more kindly by history, the same cannot yet be said for Clarke. Joan was the only woman to work in the nerve center of the quest to crack German Enigma ciphers. She ultimately rose to deputy head of Hut 8, and would be its longest-serving member.
In 1939, Clarke was recruited into the Government Code and Cypher School (GCCS) by one of her supervisors at Cambridge, where she majored in mathematics - although she was prevented from receiving a full degree, which women were denied until 1948. As was typical for "girls" at Bletchley, (and they were universally referred to as girls, not women) Clarke was initially assigned clerical work. Within a few days, however, her abilities shone through, and an extra table was installed for her in the small room within Hut 8 occupied by Turing and a couple of others.
In order to be paid for her promotions, Clarke needed to be classed as a linguist, as Civil Service bureaucracy had no protocols in place for a senior female cryptanalyst. She would later take great pleasure in filling in forms with the line: "grade: linguist, languages: none."
The navy ciphers decoded by Clarke and her colleagues were much harder to break than other German messages, and largely related to U-boats that were hunting down Allied ships carrying troops and supplies from the US to Europe. Her task was to break these ciphers in real time, one of the most high-pressure jobs at Bletchley. The messages Clarke decoded would result in some military action being taken almost immediately. U-boats would then either be sunk or circumnavigated, saving thousands of lives.
The Drink:
The Suffering Bastard
1 oz bourbon
1 oz gin
1 oz fresh lime juice
dash Angostura bitters
4 oz ginger ale
Drinkability: 3
Drunkability: 3/4
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 3/4
Comments: 3/4 splits depending on how much you like ginger ale.
From "Forgotten Women" hosted by CZ
Joan Clarke's ingenious work as a codebreaker for Britain during WW2 saved countless lives. But while Bletchley Park hero Alan Turing - who was punished by a post-war society where homosexuality was illegal and died at 41 - has been treated more kindly by history, the same cannot yet be said for Clarke. Joan was the only woman to work in the nerve center of the quest to crack German Enigma ciphers. She ultimately rose to deputy head of Hut 8, and would be its longest-serving member.
In 1939, Clarke was recruited into the Government Code and Cypher School (GCCS) by one of her supervisors at Cambridge, where she majored in mathematics - although she was prevented from receiving a full degree, which women were denied until 1948. As was typical for "girls" at Bletchley, (and they were universally referred to as girls, not women) Clarke was initially assigned clerical work. Within a few days, however, her abilities shone through, and an extra table was installed for her in the small room within Hut 8 occupied by Turing and a couple of others.
In order to be paid for her promotions, Clarke needed to be classed as a linguist, as Civil Service bureaucracy had no protocols in place for a senior female cryptanalyst. She would later take great pleasure in filling in forms with the line: "grade: linguist, languages: none."
The navy ciphers decoded by Clarke and her colleagues were much harder to break than other German messages, and largely related to U-boats that were hunting down Allied ships carrying troops and supplies from the US to Europe. Her task was to break these ciphers in real time, one of the most high-pressure jobs at Bletchley. The messages Clarke decoded would result in some military action being taken almost immediately. U-boats would then either be sunk or circumnavigated, saving thousands of lives.
The Drink:
The Suffering Bastard
1 oz bourbon
1 oz gin
1 oz fresh lime juice
dash Angostura bitters
4 oz ginger ale
Drinkability: 3
Drunkability: 3/4
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 3/4
Comments: 3/4 splits depending on how much you like ginger ale.
From "Forgotten Women" hosted by CZ
January, 2015 - Sybil Ludington - The Patriot
Sybil Ludington - April 5, 1761 - February 26, 1839
Paul Revere wasn't the only colonial hero to take a midnight ride through dangerous territory to warn of the coming British army. Sybil Ludington, the 16-year-old daughter of an American colonel, actually rode twice as far as Paul Revere did in April 1777.
A young patriot from upstate New York, Sybil was tapped for a dangerous midnight mission after the British raided Danbury, Conn. Setting out after dark in freezing late-winter rain, Sybil rode 40 miles, through Carmel, New York on Mahopac, then to Kent Cliffs, to Farmers Mills and back home. She used a stick to prod her horse and knock on doors. She also managed to defend herself against a highwayman along the way. By the time she returned home, soaked with rain and exhausted, most of her father's 400 soldiers had been mobilized and were ready to march.
The men arrived too late to save Danbury, Connecticut. But thatks to Sybil's ride, they arrived at the start of the Battle of Ridgefield and were able to drive General William Tryon, the governor of the colony of New York, and his men all the way to Long Island Sound.
The Drink
The Patriot
1 cup sugar
2 Tbsp whole cloves, crushed
1 3" piece of fresh ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
1 cinnamon stick
3 oz apple cider
1 1/2 oz bourbon
1 tsp. fresh lemon juice
dried apple slice for garnish
Drinkability: 5
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 3.5
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 5
Comments: "Having to make spicy syrup sounds complicated" - "This is a cold hot toddy"
From "Forgotten Women"hosted by CZ
Paul Revere wasn't the only colonial hero to take a midnight ride through dangerous territory to warn of the coming British army. Sybil Ludington, the 16-year-old daughter of an American colonel, actually rode twice as far as Paul Revere did in April 1777.
A young patriot from upstate New York, Sybil was tapped for a dangerous midnight mission after the British raided Danbury, Conn. Setting out after dark in freezing late-winter rain, Sybil rode 40 miles, through Carmel, New York on Mahopac, then to Kent Cliffs, to Farmers Mills and back home. She used a stick to prod her horse and knock on doors. She also managed to defend herself against a highwayman along the way. By the time she returned home, soaked with rain and exhausted, most of her father's 400 soldiers had been mobilized and were ready to march.
The men arrived too late to save Danbury, Connecticut. But thatks to Sybil's ride, they arrived at the start of the Battle of Ridgefield and were able to drive General William Tryon, the governor of the colony of New York, and his men all the way to Long Island Sound.
The Drink
The Patriot
1 cup sugar
2 Tbsp whole cloves, crushed
1 3" piece of fresh ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
1 cinnamon stick
3 oz apple cider
1 1/2 oz bourbon
1 tsp. fresh lemon juice
dried apple slice for garnish
Drinkability: 5
Drunkability: 2
Taxic Diversity: 3.5
Accessibility: 3
Priority for Conservation: 5
Comments: "Having to make spicy syrup sounds complicated" - "This is a cold hot toddy"
From "Forgotten Women"hosted by CZ
Friday, December 5, 2014
November, 2014 - The Trung Sisters - Monkey Gland
The Trung Sisters (ca 40 AD)
Trac and Nhi, were daughters of a powerful Vietnamese lord. The Chinese ruled Vietnam until a Chinese commander raped Trac and killed her husband, Thi Sach. In retaliation, the Trung Sisters organized a full-scale rebellion of 80,000 men and women. Thirty-six of their army's generals were women, including Phung Thi Chinh, who had her baby on the battlefield. She hoisted the newborn child onto her back, and continued fighting. It is also said that the Trung sisters killed a tiger - and used the tiger's skin as paper to write a proclamation urging the people to follow them against the Chinese. The sisters drove the Chinese out of Vietnam, and the people proclaimed Trac to be their ruler. As queen, she abolished the hated tribute taxes which had been imposed by the Chinese. She also attempted to restore a simpler form of government more in line with traditional Vietnamese values. For the next three years the Trung sisters engaged in constant battles with the Chinese government in Vietnam. Out-armed their troops were badly defeated in 43 AD. Rather than accept defeat, popular lore says that both Trung sisters chose the traditional Vietnamese way of maintaining honor - they committed suicide. Some stories say they drowned themselves in a river; others claim they disappeared into the clouds.
The Drink:
Monkey Gland
1 1/2 oz gin
1 oz orange juice
1 tsp Benedictine
2-4 dashes grenadine
over rocks in a highball
Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 4
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 5
Comments: "I've given up letting gin matter." - MPF, "a little tart"
From "Women Who Sought Revenge" hosted by Ball Buster
Trac and Nhi, were daughters of a powerful Vietnamese lord. The Chinese ruled Vietnam until a Chinese commander raped Trac and killed her husband, Thi Sach. In retaliation, the Trung Sisters organized a full-scale rebellion of 80,000 men and women. Thirty-six of their army's generals were women, including Phung Thi Chinh, who had her baby on the battlefield. She hoisted the newborn child onto her back, and continued fighting. It is also said that the Trung sisters killed a tiger - and used the tiger's skin as paper to write a proclamation urging the people to follow them against the Chinese. The sisters drove the Chinese out of Vietnam, and the people proclaimed Trac to be their ruler. As queen, she abolished the hated tribute taxes which had been imposed by the Chinese. She also attempted to restore a simpler form of government more in line with traditional Vietnamese values. For the next three years the Trung sisters engaged in constant battles with the Chinese government in Vietnam. Out-armed their troops were badly defeated in 43 AD. Rather than accept defeat, popular lore says that both Trung sisters chose the traditional Vietnamese way of maintaining honor - they committed suicide. Some stories say they drowned themselves in a river; others claim they disappeared into the clouds.
The Drink:
Monkey Gland
1 1/2 oz gin
1 oz orange juice
1 tsp Benedictine
2-4 dashes grenadine
over rocks in a highball
Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 4
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 5
Comments: "I've given up letting gin matter." - MPF, "a little tart"
From "Women Who Sought Revenge" hosted by Ball Buster
November, 2014 - Phoolan Devi - Bandit Queen
Phoolan Devi - 1963-2001
Popularly known as the "Bandit Queen," was born to a low caste family in rural Uttar Pradesh, India. At the age of 18, Devi was gang-raped by high-caste bandits after the gang she was part of was ambushed by rivals. As a result of this incident she became a gang leader and sought revenge. In 1981 Devi and her gang returned to the village where she had been raped and 22 villagers in Behmai, including two of her rapists, were rounded up and executed. The press portrayed the massacre as an act of righteous lower-caste rebellion and members evaded capture for 2 years before surrendering in 1983. After serving in jail for 11 years pending trial, the state government withdrew all charges against her and she was released in 1994 under great public discussion and controversy. She then ran for Parliament and was elected. In 2001, Devi was assassinated by a trio of upper-caste men. The 1994 film Bandit Queen is loosely based on her life.
The Drink:
Bandit Queen
1 1/2 oz Southern Comfort
1 oz Peach Schnapps
1 oz cranberry juice
lime garnish
Drinkability: 3.5
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 3
Comments: "I know we just had this one recently, but it fit so well!" "Tastes like a peach jolly rancher"
From "Women Who Sought Revenge" hosted by Ball Buster
Popularly known as the "Bandit Queen," was born to a low caste family in rural Uttar Pradesh, India. At the age of 18, Devi was gang-raped by high-caste bandits after the gang she was part of was ambushed by rivals. As a result of this incident she became a gang leader and sought revenge. In 1981 Devi and her gang returned to the village where she had been raped and 22 villagers in Behmai, including two of her rapists, were rounded up and executed. The press portrayed the massacre as an act of righteous lower-caste rebellion and members evaded capture for 2 years before surrendering in 1983. After serving in jail for 11 years pending trial, the state government withdrew all charges against her and she was released in 1994 under great public discussion and controversy. She then ran for Parliament and was elected. In 2001, Devi was assassinated by a trio of upper-caste men. The 1994 film Bandit Queen is loosely based on her life.
The Drink:
Bandit Queen
1 1/2 oz Southern Comfort
1 oz Peach Schnapps
1 oz cranberry juice
lime garnish
Drinkability: 3.5
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 3
Comments: "I know we just had this one recently, but it fit so well!" "Tastes like a peach jolly rancher"
From "Women Who Sought Revenge" hosted by Ball Buster
October, 2014 - Magda Portal - Pisco Sour
Magda Portal - 1900-1989
One of the most influential early Latin American feminists, Peruvian-born Magda began her career as a poet and activist while taking night classes at a Lima university. By 23 she had won a national poetry competition - which she refused to accept from the dictatorial Peruvian president. By 27, her political activities had led to exile; at 31, she cofounded an anti-imperialistic, pan-American political party, Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana (APRA), which remains the oldest in Peru (and the party of the last president). Her insistence on a more equitable role for women, however, as well as dismay over the party's leadership's progressively less-progressive leanings, caused a break with A PRA in 1948. Throughout her life she remained a literary leader, fighting for the rights of women, through poetry, books, magazines, and newspapers. At 80, she was elected president of the Asociacion Nacional de Escritores y Artistas.
The Drink:
Pisco Sour
2 oz Pisco (Peruvian)
1/2 oz simple syrup
1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
1 Tbsp egg white
dash angostura bitters
Angostura Bitters (see note, below)
1 egg white
Drinkability: 2
Drunkability: 4.5
Taxic Diversity: 3.5
Accessibility: 2
Priority for Conservation: 2 - 3.5
Comments: Made with REAL Peruvian Pisco. Though, egg white was reduced to probably less than 1/2 an egg white per person.
From "Rebel Women" hosted by Opal Hush
One of the most influential early Latin American feminists, Peruvian-born Magda began her career as a poet and activist while taking night classes at a Lima university. By 23 she had won a national poetry competition - which she refused to accept from the dictatorial Peruvian president. By 27, her political activities had led to exile; at 31, she cofounded an anti-imperialistic, pan-American political party, Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana (APRA), which remains the oldest in Peru (and the party of the last president). Her insistence on a more equitable role for women, however, as well as dismay over the party's leadership's progressively less-progressive leanings, caused a break with A PRA in 1948. Throughout her life she remained a literary leader, fighting for the rights of women, through poetry, books, magazines, and newspapers. At 80, she was elected president of the Asociacion Nacional de Escritores y Artistas.
The Drink:
Pisco Sour
2 oz Pisco (Peruvian)
1/2 oz simple syrup
1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
1 Tbsp egg white
dash angostura bitters
Angostura Bitters (see note, below)
1 egg white
Drinkability: 2
Drunkability: 4.5
Taxic Diversity: 3.5
Accessibility: 2
Priority for Conservation: 2 - 3.5
Comments: Made with REAL Peruvian Pisco. Though, egg white was reduced to probably less than 1/2 an egg white per person.
From "Rebel Women" hosted by Opal Hush
October, 2014 - Constance Markievicz - Kiss Your Gun
Constance Markievicz (1868-1927)
An Irish aristocrat by birth and Polish Countess by marriage, Constance attended her first revolutionary 'Daughters of Ireland' meeting wearing a ball gown and tiara. Only a year later she had founded a pivotal paramilitary youth-training organization and spent the rest of her life dedicated to the poor, suffrage, and Irish nationalism. She was second-in-command during an Easter Rising battle, where she shot a sniper and, as she finally surrendered, famously kissed her gun before handing it over. She was the only woman placed in solitary confinement (perhaps to prevent her from mobilizing the other female prisoners). When her death sentence was commuted because of her gender, she said, "I do wish your lot had the decency to shoot me." She later became the first woman elected to the British House of Commons and first female Irish cabinet minister, which made her only the second in all of Europe. At 59, she died of appendicitis in a public hospital ward - by choice, after having donated all of her wealth.
The Drink:
Kiss Your Gun
1 1/2 oz Irish Whiskey
1/2 oz Irish Mist
1/2 oz Amaro Cora
dash orange liqueur
dash lime juice
Drinkability: 3.5/4 (or 3, 5, or 4)
Drunkability: 4.5 - no mixers
Taxic Diversity: 4
Accessibility: 2 - amaro
Priority for Conservation - 4 - mostly
Comments: "In line with this theme, I have made up most of these cocktails" - OH
From "Rebel Women" hosted by Opal Hush
An Irish aristocrat by birth and Polish Countess by marriage, Constance attended her first revolutionary 'Daughters of Ireland' meeting wearing a ball gown and tiara. Only a year later she had founded a pivotal paramilitary youth-training organization and spent the rest of her life dedicated to the poor, suffrage, and Irish nationalism. She was second-in-command during an Easter Rising battle, where she shot a sniper and, as she finally surrendered, famously kissed her gun before handing it over. She was the only woman placed in solitary confinement (perhaps to prevent her from mobilizing the other female prisoners). When her death sentence was commuted because of her gender, she said, "I do wish your lot had the decency to shoot me." She later became the first woman elected to the British House of Commons and first female Irish cabinet minister, which made her only the second in all of Europe. At 59, she died of appendicitis in a public hospital ward - by choice, after having donated all of her wealth.
The Drink:
Kiss Your Gun
1 1/2 oz Irish Whiskey
1/2 oz Irish Mist
1/2 oz Amaro Cora
dash orange liqueur
dash lime juice
Drinkability: 3.5/4 (or 3, 5, or 4)
Drunkability: 4.5 - no mixers
Taxic Diversity: 4
Accessibility: 2 - amaro
Priority for Conservation - 4 - mostly
Comments: "In line with this theme, I have made up most of these cocktails" - OH
From "Rebel Women" hosted by Opal Hush
October, 2014 - Rani Lakshmibai - Jhansi Ki Rani
Rani Lakshmibai - 1914-2012
The fall of Singapore to the Japanese in WWII transformed Dr. Lakshmi - a successful gynecologist who had established a free clinic for migrant workers - into Captain Lakshmi, commander of a regiment of 1000 female infantry and nurses dedicated to overthrowing British rule in India as part of the Indian National Army. The regiment was one of the only all-women combat forces in the war and was named after Rani of Jhansi, legendary warrior queen during the Rebellion of 1857. Captain Lakshmi also served as a cabinet minister (in Charge of Women's Organization) in the Provisional Government of Free India. After the war, she continued to be involved in both progressive politics (she was nominated for president of India in 2002), and humanitarian efforts, responding to medical emergencies and treating patients until she was 92.
The Drink:
Jhansi Ki Rani
3 oz of chai tea
1 oz sctoch
Honey to taste
Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 3/4
Comments: Another made-up cocktail - but very tasty if you like chai!!
From "Rebel Women" hosted by Opal Hush
The fall of Singapore to the Japanese in WWII transformed Dr. Lakshmi - a successful gynecologist who had established a free clinic for migrant workers - into Captain Lakshmi, commander of a regiment of 1000 female infantry and nurses dedicated to overthrowing British rule in India as part of the Indian National Army. The regiment was one of the only all-women combat forces in the war and was named after Rani of Jhansi, legendary warrior queen during the Rebellion of 1857. Captain Lakshmi also served as a cabinet minister (in Charge of Women's Organization) in the Provisional Government of Free India. After the war, she continued to be involved in both progressive politics (she was nominated for president of India in 2002), and humanitarian efforts, responding to medical emergencies and treating patients until she was 92.
The Drink:
Jhansi Ki Rani
3 oz of chai tea
1 oz sctoch
Honey to taste
Drinkability: 4
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 3/4
Comments: Another made-up cocktail - but very tasty if you like chai!!
From "Rebel Women" hosted by Opal Hush
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
February 2014 - Jane Fonda - The Brooklyn Cocktail
Jane Fonda (1937-)
is an American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model, and fitness guru from New York City. Fonda opposed the Vietnam War and her associated activities were considered highly controversial. She visited Hanoi in Northern Vietnam in July of 1972. During her trip, Fonda made ten radio broadcasts in which she denounced American political and military leaders as "war criminals." She was photographed seated on an anti-aircraft battery, the same used to bring down American aircraft. The controversial photo outraged a number of Americans and resentment against her among veterans still exists. For example, in 2005, a U.S. Navy veteran was arrested after he spat chewing tobacco in Fonda's face during a book-signing event for her autobiography, My Life So Far. He told reporters that "she spit on our faces for 37 years. It was absolutely worht it." Fonda refused to press charges. In 1988 interview with Barbara Walters, Fonda expressed regret for some of her comments and actions, stating, "I was trying to help end the killing and the war, but there were times when I was thoughtless and careless about it and I'm very sorry that I hurt them. [...] I will go to my grave regretting the photograph of me in an anti-aircraft gun, which looks like I was trying to shoot at American planes." Fonda has also protested the Iraq War and violence against women. In 2005, she co-founded (with Gloria Steinem) the Women's Media Center, an organization that works to amplify the voices of women in the media through advocacy, media, and leadership training, and the creation of original content.
The Drink:
The Brooklyn
2 oz whiskey
1 oz dry vermouth
1/4 oz maraschino liqueur
dashes Angostura bitters.
Drinkability: 3
Drunkability: 5
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 3
Comments: the "3" for Drinkability isn't because we don't like it, it's just a sipper.
From Women of Vietnam hosted by BallBuster
is an American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model, and fitness guru from New York City. Fonda opposed the Vietnam War and her associated activities were considered highly controversial. She visited Hanoi in Northern Vietnam in July of 1972. During her trip, Fonda made ten radio broadcasts in which she denounced American political and military leaders as "war criminals." She was photographed seated on an anti-aircraft battery, the same used to bring down American aircraft. The controversial photo outraged a number of Americans and resentment against her among veterans still exists. For example, in 2005, a U.S. Navy veteran was arrested after he spat chewing tobacco in Fonda's face during a book-signing event for her autobiography, My Life So Far. He told reporters that "she spit on our faces for 37 years. It was absolutely worht it." Fonda refused to press charges. In 1988 interview with Barbara Walters, Fonda expressed regret for some of her comments and actions, stating, "I was trying to help end the killing and the war, but there were times when I was thoughtless and careless about it and I'm very sorry that I hurt them. [...] I will go to my grave regretting the photograph of me in an anti-aircraft gun, which looks like I was trying to shoot at American planes." Fonda has also protested the Iraq War and violence against women. In 2005, she co-founded (with Gloria Steinem) the Women's Media Center, an organization that works to amplify the voices of women in the media through advocacy, media, and leadership training, and the creation of original content.
The Drink:
The Brooklyn
2 oz whiskey
1 oz dry vermouth
1/4 oz maraschino liqueur
dashes Angostura bitters.
Drinkability: 3
Drunkability: 5
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 3
Comments: the "3" for Drinkability isn't because we don't like it, it's just a sipper.
From Women of Vietnam hosted by BallBuster
February 2014 - Joan Baez - Bourbon Swizzle
Joan Baez (1941 - )
is an American folk singer, songwriter, musician, and activist from Staten Island. She performed at Woodstock in 1969, helped to bring the songs of Bob Dylan to national prominence, and has displayed a lifelong commitment to political and social activism for nonviolence, civil rights, human rights, and the environment. Baez opposed the Vietnam War and publicly endorsed resisting taxes by withholding sixty percent of her 1963 income taxes, and she encouraged draft resistance at her concerts. Baez was arrested twice in 1967 for blocking the entrance of the Armed Forces Induction Center in Oakland, California and spent over a month in jail. During the Christmas season in 1972, Baez joined a peace delegation traveling to North Vietnam, both to address human rights in the region, and to deliver Christmas mail to American prisoners of war. During her time there, she was caught in the U.S. military's "Christmas bombing" of Hanoi, North Vietnam, during which the city was bombed for eleven straight days. It saw the largest heavy bomber strikes launched by the U.S. Air Force since the end of World War II. Her disquiet at the human rights violations of communist Vietnam made her increasingly critical of its government.
The Drink:
Bourbon Swizzle
2 oz bourbon
1/2 oz apricot brandy
1/2 oz lemon juice
top with ginger ale and garnish with a lemon wheel.
Drinkability: 4.5
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 5
Comments: n/a
From Women of Vietnam hosted by BallBuster
is an American folk singer, songwriter, musician, and activist from Staten Island. She performed at Woodstock in 1969, helped to bring the songs of Bob Dylan to national prominence, and has displayed a lifelong commitment to political and social activism for nonviolence, civil rights, human rights, and the environment. Baez opposed the Vietnam War and publicly endorsed resisting taxes by withholding sixty percent of her 1963 income taxes, and she encouraged draft resistance at her concerts. Baez was arrested twice in 1967 for blocking the entrance of the Armed Forces Induction Center in Oakland, California and spent over a month in jail. During the Christmas season in 1972, Baez joined a peace delegation traveling to North Vietnam, both to address human rights in the region, and to deliver Christmas mail to American prisoners of war. During her time there, she was caught in the U.S. military's "Christmas bombing" of Hanoi, North Vietnam, during which the city was bombed for eleven straight days. It saw the largest heavy bomber strikes launched by the U.S. Air Force since the end of World War II. Her disquiet at the human rights violations of communist Vietnam made her increasingly critical of its government.
The Drink:
Bourbon Swizzle
2 oz bourbon
1/2 oz apricot brandy
1/2 oz lemon juice
top with ginger ale and garnish with a lemon wheel.
Drinkability: 4.5
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 2
Accessibility: 4
Priority for Conservation: 5
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From Women of Vietnam hosted by BallBuster
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