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Women smokers stir New York social shifts at Fraunces Tavern
A Times feature notes evolving norms as women join a YWCA luncheon at Fraunces Tavern and demand inclusion in public life. It mocks licensing humor tests, critiques velveted proprieties, and highlights satire on reformers and the era’s urban manners. The piece skims a museum painting controversy and a tale of workplace discipline and a truth-teller hotel scene.
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