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Amy Tikkanen
Amy Tikkanen is Managing Editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica.

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Cross-reference added.	J.E. Luebering	Sep 29, 2023
	Add new Web site: Legends of America - Speakeasies of the Prohibition Era.	Gloria Lotha	May 26, 2023
	Added mention of the Roaring Twenties.	Amy Tikkanen	Apr 16, 2023
	Add new Web site: The Mob Museum - Prohibition: An Interactive History - The Speakeasies of the 1920s.	Emily Rodriguez	Jan 20, 2023
	New article added.	Amy Tikkanen	Jul 12, 2022