Hasty History #6: The Woman Who Was Arrested For Smoking

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In January of 1908, a woman named Katie Mulcahey was arrested when she was caught smoking in public. Just one day prior, a new ordinance was passed that banned women - and only women - from smoking in public places. Mulcahey, not knowing about the new ordinance, struck a match and lit her cigarette in public. She was cited for the infraction but refused to pay and was immediately arrested. When put before a judge, she was quoted as saying, “I’ve got as much right to smoke as you have. I never heard of this new law and I don’t want to hear about it. No man shall dictate to me.”

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