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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
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1. 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!
  https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/999/229/642/499/825/original/74b27dc09b81e749.jpg
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  Merle Thornton, who fought for the right for women to drink at public bars in Queensland, dies aged 93
  
  from https://www.abc.net.au/news/antonia-oflaherty/13099594
  
  In 1965 Merle Thornton AM and a friend chained themselves to a bar at the Regatta Hotel in Brisbane in protest of a ban on women drinking in public bars. It became regarded as a pivotal moment in women's liberation in Australia.

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