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Lydia Sayer Hasbrouck (December 20, 1827 – August 24, 1910) was an American hydrotherapist, an advocate for women's dress reform, and the founder and editor of The Sibyl, a periodical devoted to that attire reform topic. [1]
Lydia Sayer Hasbrouck was born December 20, 1827, in Bellvale, New York, the daughter of Benjamin Sayer (1791–1874) and his wife, Rebecca Forshee Sayer (1796–1858). Lydia would move to Middletown, and began wearing Bloomers , which was considered a "radical" article of clothing at that time.
Lydia Sayer Hasbrouck founded the periodical The Sibyl, which became an organ of the NDRA, [3] of which Hasbrouck was a member and later (1863–65) the president. [4] Among other things, it published the names of almost a thousand women nationwide who had adopted the reform dress. [5] The campaign, however, failed, and the NDRA was dissolved ...
Lydia Sayer Hasbrouck; Mary Garrett Hay (1857–1928) – suffrage organizer around the United States. [25] Mary Foote Henderson; Ami Mali Hicks; Margaret Hinchey; Marie Jenney Howe; Mary Seymour Howell; Maud Humphrey; Arria Sargent Huntington; Addie Waites Hunton (1866–1943) – suffragist, race and gender activist, writer, political ...
Board of Education - Lydia Sayer Hasbrouck - 1880 [282] Mayor - Susanna M. Salter - 1887 [283] Chief of the Cherokee Nation - Wilma Mankiller - 1985 [284] Chairwoman of the Tohono O'odham Nation - Vivian Juan-Saunders - 2003 [285]
In 1856 a National Dress Reform Association organized [27] and one of its officers, Dr. Lydia Sayer Hasbrouck, who had worn the dress since 1849, established a journal, The Sibyl, as the society's organ.
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