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The Woman Suffrage Cook Book

Enjoy holiday-themed sweets and treats from three different American women’s suffrage cookbooks in our Special Collections. Find gingerbread recipes and other wintry Suffragette favorites!

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How to Bake an Almond Hedgehog

Read about the history of this confectionery delight and then attempt to bake your own. Tag @jhulibraries in your photos so we can celebrate along with you!

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Gallery of Majors

Whether you’re an incoming freshman trying on your major for the first time or a graduating senior who’s been wearing it for a while, how would you outfit yourself in the garb and gear of your major?

Have a glance at our gallery of images from Nicolas de Larmessin’s Costumes Grotesques and then use download the template to create your own academic outfit.

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Women’s Suffrage Cookbook

Connect with the suffragettes through a delicious homemade dish with this cookbook that share excerpts from the historic Washington Women’s Cook Book. Published in 1909, it is an extraordinary example of how a community cookbook could be used to improve one’s daily life and to think more broadly about contemporary issues.

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Pank-a-Squith

Download and play this pro-women’s suffrage board game at home! Dating from the early 1900s, the goal is to avoid all the pitfalls of suffragette life, such as run-ins with the police or nasty remarks from politicians, in order to storm the British House of Commons and get “Votes for Women”!

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