The Tide Begins to Turn

The Preamble

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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At its beginning, prohibition was spearheaded by outspoken women. Women who saw a need for social change and then set up the scaffolding to build, what they thought, would be a better America. So maybe it won’t be a surprise to hear that the repeal of Prohibition began in pretty much the same way. By the late 1920s, it was clear to many that Prohibition was a big flop. It was especially clear to one of its initial supporters who realized it was time to change her mind.

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome to the 11th episode in our series about prohibition from hatchets
0:12.1	to hoods.
0:13.6	And at this point in our series, we have well established the fact that prohibition was
0:18.4	spearheaded by outspoken women.
0:21.8	Women who saw a need for social change and then set up the scaffolding to build, what
0:28.4	they thought would be a better America.
0:32.0	So maybe it won't be a surprise to hear that the repeal of prohibition began in pretty
0:37.2	much the same way.
0:38.8	By the late 1920s, it was clear to many that prohibition was a big flop.
0:45.9	It was especially clear to one of its initial supporters who realized it was time to change
0:52.6	her mind.
0:53.8	That flip flipper was Pauline Morton Sabin, a blue-blooded New York-Aris who knew how to
1:01.2	throw a killer cocktail party.
1:05.0	She had money, she had influence, she had something to say.
1:09.7	Pauline was unstoppable.
1:13.5	I'm Sharon McMahon, and here's where it gets interesting.
1:19.2	Pauline was a Morton, and while the name may not ring a bell in the same way that Rockefeller
1:24.4	does, her family is certainly an American institution.
1:28.5	Her father was a wealthy railroad executive and had served closely under President Theodore
1:33.2	Roosevelt.
1:34.2	But it's her uncle who brought the family's name into every home's pantry.
1:42.9	In the shape of a dark blue cardboard cylinder featuring an umbrella, wielding girl wearing
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