WOMEN CANDIDATES IN WINDY CITY SHOWING THE MEN 'A THING OR TWO'
Chicago, Illinois (JFK+50) On April 10, 1926, Associated Press reports "women candidates for political office here (in Chicago) are showing the men a thing or two in the way of campaign financing."
One lady seeking a Republican nomination for state representative said...
"Blue stockings and blue laws are out of style, public opinion is champagne colored."
Another female candidate is "sending a wagon load of empty beer kegs" as a means of advertising her stand for prohibition modification while still another is using a campaign slogan including the word 'champagne.'
SOURCE
"Chicago Women Seeking House Seats Use Beer Kegs and Champagne as Ads," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., April 10, 1926, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
