Whiskey Women & War

Brian Altobello's Whiskey, Women and War: How the Great War Shaped Jim Crow New Orleans examines the city's unique experience during World War I under a powerful political machine. The book explores the city's mobilization for war, including enlistment and war bond drives, alongside an anti-vice crusade that led to prohibition and the shutdown of the Storyville red-light district. Altobello also analyzes the local women's suffrage movement and complex race relations as African Americans participated in the war effort within the established Jim Crow system.