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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.
Jules Léotard (French:; 1 August 1838 – 16 August 1870) was a French acrobatic performer and aerialist who developed the art of trapeze. He also created and popularized the one-piece gym wear that now bears his name and inspired the 1867 song " The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze ", sung by George Leybourne .
English: An image of Jules Léotard in the garment that bears his name. Jules Léotard - The Daring Young man on the Flying Trapeze. Jules Léotard, The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze, performed his aerial act at the Alhambra. Jules Léotard, inventor of the flying trapeze.
The performance was invented in 1859 by a Frenchman named Jules Léotard, who connected a bar to some ventilator cords above the swimming pool in his father's gymnasium in Toulouse, France. After practicing tricks above the pool, Leotard performed his act in the Cirque Napoleon (now known as the Cirque d'hiver ).
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Jennifer Lopez looked stunning in a transparent Zuhair Murad gown at the 2024 Governors Awards in Los Angeles.
The Lily was the first U.S. newspaper edited by and for women. It was published from 1849 to 1853 by Amelia Jenks Bloomer (1818–1894) before she sold the newspaper to Mary Birdsall in 1854.