Lydia Pinkham (Feb 9, 1819 - May 17, 1883)
was an iconic concocter and shrewd marketer of a commercially successful herbal-alcoholic "women's tonic" meant to relieve menstrual and menopausal pains.
Some would call her the Ann Landers or Dr. Ruth of the 1800s. In 1875, Lydia Estes Pinkham of Lynn, Massachusetts, converted her herbal home remedies into a big business by skillfully marketing her products towards women and educating them about health issues. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound became one of the best-known patent medicines of the 19th century. Pinkhma was deemed a crusader for women's health in an age when women's needs weren't being met by the medical community. Cooper Laboratories bought the company in 1968, though pills and liquid stamped with Pinkham's name are still available at some drugstores.
The Drink:
Apple Crisp
1 oz Laird's 100 proof apple brand (NOT Applejack)
1/2 oz Cardamom-infused bourbon
2/3 oz fresh lemon juice
3/4 oz honey syrup
club soda
Drinkability: 3
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 2
Priority for Conservation: 3/4
Comments: 3/4 split on P of C if it had less club soda
From "Women Entrepreneurs" theme hosted by CZ
was an iconic concocter and shrewd marketer of a commercially successful herbal-alcoholic "women's tonic" meant to relieve menstrual and menopausal pains.
Some would call her the Ann Landers or Dr. Ruth of the 1800s. In 1875, Lydia Estes Pinkham of Lynn, Massachusetts, converted her herbal home remedies into a big business by skillfully marketing her products towards women and educating them about health issues. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound became one of the best-known patent medicines of the 19th century. Pinkhma was deemed a crusader for women's health in an age when women's needs weren't being met by the medical community. Cooper Laboratories bought the company in 1968, though pills and liquid stamped with Pinkham's name are still available at some drugstores.
The Drink:
Apple Crisp
1 oz Laird's 100 proof apple brand (NOT Applejack)
1/2 oz Cardamom-infused bourbon
2/3 oz fresh lemon juice
3/4 oz honey syrup
club soda
Drinkability: 3
Drunkability: 3
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility: 2
Priority for Conservation: 3/4
Comments: 3/4 split on P of C if it had less club soda
From "Women Entrepreneurs" theme hosted by CZ
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