A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO EAT ALONE DINING SOLO Did you know that a little over a century ago, women could not eat alone in restaurants? If they did, people would assume the woman was, let’s say, “looking for work,” and she would be disgraced, and so would the restaurant. So, women who wanted to dine alone or with other women would be turned away. Women needed to be accompanied by a man to eat out in public. How did this finally change? After being denied a ticket to a dinner event because of her gender, a journalist named Jane Cunningham Croly took action. Croly was an English- born American journalist who wrote and advocated for equal rights and economic independence for women. Croly also founded and was the first president of the Women’s Press Club of New York. One of Croly’s biggest advocacy groups was a women’s dinner club named Sororis. The women of Sororis held their first official meeting in April 1868 at a New York restaurant called Delmonico’s to protest the ban on women’s solo dining. They demanded service, and Delmonico’s agreed, making it the first establishment in U.S. history to allow women to dine without a male chaperone. When World War I began, more women entered the workforce, earning them increased independence. New restaurants and lunch counters started to open that would serve working women, and gradually, dining without a man became commonplace. Progress was slow, though; even as recently as 1970, some restaurants still barred solo women from entering. Thankfully, in today’s society, this would never fly!
MARGIE’S KITCHEN: AVOCADO TOAST
by Darlene Parman
Margie Trammell is my late, amazing mother, and here we carry on her torch of fine homemade cookin’ and esprit de corps by sharing her best recipes with our clients. I am puttin’ a lil’ twist in this installment by sharing one of my daughter’s recipes. Aly and her family have always lived on the West Coast and are currently in Portland, Oregon. When they lived in San Diego, they created this recipe because they had avocados growing on trees in their yard! This is a delicious treat we enjoy many mornings when we visit them. I hope this brightens some of your mornings with your family!
Ingredients
• 1 medium to large avocado • Squeeze of lemon juice • 1 tsp Trader Joe’s “Everything but Bagel” spice • 2 slices of whole grain or sourdough bread
• Beefsteak tomato, thinly sliced • Chunky sea salt • Goat cheese, optional • Smoked salmon, optional • Red pepper flakes or dashes of Tabasco, optional
Directions 1. Mash avocado with lemon juice and “Everything but Bagel” spice.
2. Spread the avocado mixture on the two slices of toasted bread.
3. Top with a thinly sliced Beefsteak tomato.
4. Top with chunky sea salt and/or optional toppings. Margie’s Texas kick: Add red pepper flakes or a few dashes of Tabasco to the avocado mix. Gives it a bite!
If you have a recipe you’d like us to share in Margie’s Kitchen, please mail it to us or email Info@parmanlaw.com. We’ll feature it in our newsletter or on our website!
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