From the GoodWench FAQ, at http://www.vex.net/~leslie/goodwench.html: (not verbatim)
ADMIN: The Goodwenches (15sep97)
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It happened that a patron asked:
> I was just wondering: I keep seeing the term
> "Goodwench" on the group lately. Where'd this come
> from?
The Marine at the end of the bar speaks up. "I admit, I
did it."
"Back in mid 1996 I was visiting with another
Callahanian in Nashville. She's quite an auto racing
fan, and we were watching some stock car race when I
noticed one of the pit crews all wearing MR. GOODWRENCH
jackets. I was struck by the idea that it would be easy to
play off that name to describe some of the women who run
around here in Callahan's."
"So, a few weeks later, kitten and Jez were doing a
silly little version of The Monkees theme song 'Here we
come / Walking down the street / Get the funniest looks
from / Every one we meet / Hey hey we're the Wenches'.
And I took that as my cue to introduce a box of black satin
windbreakers with MS. GOODWENCH across the front in white
letters."
"The box is under the bar now. Mike keeps it for me, and
any woman in the place who cares to is welcome to help
herself to a jacket. Being a GoodWench is mostly a state
of mind, as I see it. All it takes is a wish to claim the
title."
-- Bill Gawne