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Amelia Jenks Bloomer (May 27, 1818 – December 30, 1894) was an American newspaper editor, women's rights and temperance advocate. Even though she did not create the women's clothing reform style known as bloomers , her name became associated with it because of her early and strong advocacy.
One specific piece of clothing was the sporting pantaloon or the women's bloomer; [4] originally worn in America in the 1850s as a women's suffrage statement by Amelia Bloomer, it turned into the ideal costume for women riding bicycles - an activity that was considered acceptable for women to participate in during the late 19th century. This ...
In a reversal of gender roles, a "bloomer" asks her fiancé's shocked father for consent to marry his son: satirical cartoon from 1852. In February 1851, Elizabeth Smith Miller of Peterboro, New York, wore the "Turkish dress" [6] to the Seneca Falls, New York, home of Amelia Bloomer and her temperance journal, The Lily. The next month, Bloomer ...
Amelia Bloomer did not want to see the paper die, so she took on responsibility for editing and publishing the paper. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Bloomer's initial interest was not in women's rights, but in temperance, and this topic featured prominently in its early issues, even after the paper detached from the Temperance Society. [ 3 ]
Amelia Bloomer herself dropped the fashion in 1859, saying that a new invention, the crinoline, was a sufficient reform and that she could return to conventional dress. The bloomer costume died—temporarily. It was to return much later (in a different form), as a women's athletic costume in the 1890s and early 1900s.
How “A Complete Unknown” Shows Bob Dylan’s Quiet Fashion Revolution. Joel Calfee. December 24, 2024 at 10:00 AM. A Complete Unknown’s Quiet Protest Fashion Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures
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