A black and white 60s photo of two well-dressed ladies in white skirts, heels, and a polo/jacket, leaning against a bright bar, smiling and casually posed as if mid-natter. Their legs are handcuffed to the bar!

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   Phil Betts (philbetts@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 22-Aug-2024 12:34:03 JST Phil Betts

   This is such a gangster photo (c/o The Courier Mail)

   "Merle Thornton AM, who famously chained herself to a Brisbane bar in protest against the ban on women drinking in public bars, has died aged 93...

   In 1965, Dr Thornton and her friend Rosalie Bogner chained their ankles to a bar at the Regatta Hotel in Toowong, after a bartender refused to serve them."

   https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-21/merle-thornton-dies-aged-93/104252220