If you were an 18-year-old woman living in Illinois between the end of prohibition and 1961, you were legally free to enter a bar and order the drink of your choosing. If you were an 18-year-old man, you would not be afforded the same right.
Until the early sixties, Illinois existed as the only state in the union allowing women to drink alcohol before men. While women could legally start drinking at 18, men had to wait until they were 21.
“The premise behind the old laws had been that women matured faster than men, and perhaps married younger than men,” State University of New York at Genesco professor Joy Getnick (who has studied drinking age) told The Atlantic’s Olga Khazan. “By 1961 those views had changed. Women matured (or didn’t) similarly to men, and there were growing concerns about younger women buying older (but still not yet legal) men drinks, and all of the social (and legal) problems that went with that.”READ MORE IN:http://pictorial.jezebel.com
“The premise behind the old laws had been that women matured faster than men, and perhaps married younger than men,” State University of New York at Genesco professor Joy Getnick (who has studied drinking age) told The Atlantic’s Olga Khazan. “By 1961 those views had changed. Women matured (or didn’t) similarly to men, and there were growing concerns about younger women buying older (but still not yet legal) men drinks, and all of the social (and legal) problems that went with that.”READ MORE IN:http://pictorial.jezebel.com
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