Kate Sheppard’s kitchen: an old recipe sheds new light on the feminist pioneer’s life

CHRISTCHURCH: (Sep 21) 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, she did consider women’s domestic labour as essential. She was also interested in the possibility of communal kitchens and laundries as ways to increase efficiency.

I’m researching and writing a new biography of Sheppard. And it was while building a more complex understanding of her that I discovered a recipe she contributed to a small book titled Everybody’s Cookery Book of Tested Recipes.

Source: PTI News

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