The Ghost of Temperance Past
Evanston, Illinois is the home of FEW Spirits, and, long ago, the
home of Frances Elizabeth Willard,
a founding member of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and a figurehead of Prohibition history.
Appreciating th e good work done by old en emies. W RI TT EN BY
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n the days whe n I’m assigned to the early shift alarm goes off , my at 5 a.m. The st reetlights are st outside my apar ill on tment, casting fade in dawn’s gr a dying glow as adual wake. Th th ey e peace of the ea punctuated by rly hour is only the occasional chug of the L tr rumbles by my ain as it steadily windows, a soun d that is more co abrasive. I like mforting than Chicago best as the sun rises ov that as I step ou er it. It’s so quiet t of my buildin g’s front door w sometimes hear ith my bike, I ca the waves of Lak n e Michigan lapp line two blocks ing at its shoreaway. I moved here a little over two ye ars ago for The distilling whisk Dream Job — ey for FEW Spir its , an operation I had from afar. At th long admired e time, I was th e first full-fledg to join the com ed female distill pany. I claim Fl er orida as home, Midwest was no and a move to t something I ev th e er predicted. A nity to further m chance opportuy career presen te d itself, so I took I flew into O’H a leap of faith. are for the first time in March ly hopped in an 20 21 and promptUber to Evanst on, a suburb di northside Chica re ct ly adjacent to go. Evanston is the home of FE the home of Fr W, and, long ag ances Elizabeth o, Willard, a foun the Women’s C ding member of hristian Tempe rance Union an Prohibition hist d a figurehead or y. Prior to th of e move, I knew about her, save little to nothin for what I learne g d from FEW ed rials and the di ucational matestiller y’s obviou s similarity to he initials. r W W W . ARTISANSPIRITMAG . C O M
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