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an old recipe sheds new light on the feminist pioneer’s life

  • Written by Katie Pickles, Professor of History, University of Canterbury
an old recipe sheds new light on the feminist pioneer’s lifeKate Sheppard National Memorial, Christchurch.Michal Klajban via Wikimedia

Political and social reformer Kate Sheppard is famous for leading the campaign that saw New Zealand women become first in the world to gain the right to vote on September 19 1893. We don’t normally think of her as a cook.

But while she far preferred reading and writing,...

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