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What Ended the Career of the World’s First Celebrity Female Bartender?

MIXOLOGY MYSTERY

Ada Coleman’s retirement 90 years ago from The Savoy hotel’s American Bar might not have been voluntary.

Wayne Curtis

Published Aug. 24 2016 1:00AM EDT

articles/2016/08/24/what-ended-the-career-of-the-world-s-first-celebrity-female-bartender/160822-curtis-first-female-bartender-tease_nqtgmj — Courtesy The Savoy Archives

Wayne Curtis

Wayne Curtis

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