"There you have the worst problem for prohibition officials. They resort to all sorts of tricks, concealing metal containers in their clothing, in false bottoms of trunks and traveling bags, and even in baby buggies. On the Canadian, Mexican and Florida borders inspectors are constantly on the lookout for women bootleggers, who try to smuggle liquor into the states. Their detection and arrest is far more difficult than that of the male law-breakers."
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Quoted in Minnick, Fred (2013). Whiskey Women: The Untold Story of how Women Saved Bourbon, Scotch, and Irish Whiskey pg. 33
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Georgia Hopley
Georgia Eliza Hopley (April 29, 1858 - July 1, 1944) was an American journalist, political figure, and temperance advocate. A member of a prominent Ohio publishing family, she was active in state and national politics. In 1922 she became the first woman prohibition agent of the United States Bureau of Prohibition.
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