PRESENTATION: Everything You Think You Know About Prohibition is Wrong
Room: Classroom 2 [E210A]
Presenter:
Christine Sismondo, Award-winning writer & podcaster (Toronto, ON)
Perhaps no episode of modern history in North America is as shrouded in misconceptions as the prohibition of alcohol in the United States and Canada. Even though much of the misinformation has been debunked by historians and economists, myths about everything from the role women played in it to the reasons why it was repealed still persist, and for many people, define how they think of the infamous “Noble Experiment.”
