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Amelia Jenks Bloomer |
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1818-1894 From: United States: New York Fields: Activism and Social Service |
| Bloomer, Amelia Jenks (1818-94), American reformer, born in Homer, New York. Virtually self-educated, Bloomer founded (1849) The Lily, a semi-monthly periodical "devoted to the interests of women," published in Seneca Falls, New York. For six years she remained its editor and publisher, campaigning against sexual discrimination and advocating temperance and women's suffrage. Famous for her stand in favor of dress reform, she appeared at her lectures during the early 1850s wearing full trousers, gathered at the ankle, under a short skirt. These garments, although first worn by Elizabeth Smith Miller, were later called bloomers. "Bloomer, Amelia Jenks" Microsoft(R) Encarta. Copyright(c) 1995 Microsoft Corporation. |
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