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The Feminist Lunch That Broke Boundaries 150 Years Ago

The Feminist Lunch That Broke Boundaries 150 Years Ago – Gastro Obscura
For women, dining in public without men was revolutionary.

After being denied entry to a dinner honoring Charles Dickens, reporter Jane Croly made her own, supper club, featuring only “risky and outré” unaccompanied women.

 

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