LibGuides: Prohibition Era: Prohibition Era Individuals

List of People

Al Capone

Frances Willard

Eliot Ness

Roy Olmstead

Pauline Sabin

Mabel Walker Willebrandt

Carry Nation

Dion O’Banion

Howard Hyde Russell

George “Bugs” Moran

Lois Long

Wayne Wheeler

Fiorello Laguardia

Andrew Volstead

William “Pussyfoot” Johnson

Mary Hunt

Harry Daugherty

PBS - Prohibition Era People
On this page, you can find pop-out windows of many key players during the Prohibition. The windows include both descriptions and short videos.
Prohibition: The Mob Museum
This webpage includes short descriptions of some key Prohibition players.
Biography-in-Context Database
This database will include all of the individuals to the left. For this activity, just use it to browse. (For access from home, password: cougars.

Prohibition Era Individuals PreResearch Chart
Use this chart to take some notes as you browse information about some of the Prohibition Era individuals to the left.