Today I received this e-mail about the hexagon quilt from Ingrid in the Netherlands, "Just a guess, ... its special because the quiltster didn't use normal hexagon papers to make the hexies? Maybe she used political pamflets ... "
Now that's a new use for those political flyers we get in election years! Not the correct answer but don't give up, keep on guessing!
One person today came close but I couldn't tell her that so I'm telling all of you at once. Part of her answer is on the right track but I'm not telling which person it was!

This picture is Clue #4:

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This picture was Clue #3:
Clue #2: Women were not allowed to verbally express their political viewpoints.
Clue #1: The hexagon quilt was made at the turn of the century.