Our #KeystoneSuffragist was one of many Pennsylvania farm women who found creative (and delicious) ways to support the suffrage movement.
Alice Paisley Flack Kiernan 1870-1935
Alice was the leading recruiter of suffrage supporters in Somerset County. #19thAmendment #DARvote100
Alice Paisley Flack Kiernan 1870-1935
Alice was the leading recruiter of suffrage supporters in Somerset County. #19thAmendment #DARvote100
She spoke locally and throughout the state about women’s right to vote. On July 7, 1916, 800 women from 20 counties gathered at her home to finish sewing and to dedicate the new PA state suffrage flag. At the event, they enjoyed her famous “cottage cheese” with berries. #pssdar
Alice donated the entire output of her farm cheese to the suffrage cause that year. Other farm women followed suit, pledging their butter and egg proceeds and selling special “suffrage cookbooks.” 🥚🧀🧈
Alice earned the trust of rural farming communities after organizing many parent and teachers’ associations. Her unpretentious speeches were well received, inspiring women to view voting as a practical means of protecting themselves and their children. 💛💜
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