40 years of liberation on Division
July 30, 2010 | 6 Comments
In July 1970, She-Nannigan’s became the first Chicago singles bar to reach cruising altitude. Located at 16 W. Division in the belt buckle of the historic nightlife district, She-Nannigan’s hired female flight attendants to tend bar. This was in defiance of the Chicago Barmaid’s Ordinance, which prohibited women unrelated to the owner from tending bar in the city. Division Street establishments …
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