Goody Armitage (fl. 1643), was the first woman to be licensed as an innkeeper in America.
There is next to no information available about Goody Armitage except that she was living in
Massachusetts Bay in 1643 and that when she petitioned for a license she was approved to serve meals but 'not to draw wine' making her the first woman to be licensed as an innkeeper in
colonial America
The colonial history of the United States covers the history of European colonization of North America from the early 17th century until the incorporation of the Thirteen Colonies into the United States after the Revolutionary War. In the ...
. Her establishment is also listed as the first restaurant.
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