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Rise: A Feminist Book Project, formerly known as the Amelia Bloomer Project and compiled by the American Library Association, is an annual list of books with significant feminist content that are intended for readers from birth to age 18. [1] [2] The Amelia Bloomer Project was started in 2002 and continued annually until the name change in 2020 ...
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.
Amelia Bloomer: United States: 1818: 1894: Suffragist, publisher and editor of The Lily, advocated for many women's issues [19] 1800–1874: Barbara Bodichon: United Kingdom: 1827: 1891 [19] [52] 1800–1874: Laura Borden: Canada: 1861: 1940: President of the Local Council of Women of Halifax: 1800–1874: Lily Braun: Germany: 1865: 1916 [19 ...
Amelia Bloomer (1818–1894) – women's rights and temperance advocate; her name was associated with women's clothing reform style known as bloomers. [ 27 ] Marietta Bones (1842–1901) – suffragist, social reformer, philanthropist.
By 1853, the paper had a national circulation of 6000, and Bloomer continued producing it from Mount Vernon, Ohio, after Bloomer moved with her husband, Dexter Bloomer. In 1854 or 1855, Amelia Bloomer sold the paper to Mary Birdsall because she was moving to a new house in Council Bluffs, Iowa, which lacked facilities for newspaper publication.
The American Library Association also named it on the Amelia Bloomer List, [10] and the Association for Library Service to Children named it a Notable Children's Book. [11] The International Literacy Association 's Children's Literature and Reading Special Interest Group named it among their Notable Books for a Global Society.
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Amelia Bloomer List, Young Adult Fiction 2010 Among 18 winners [26] Anthony Award, Best First Novel 2010 Nominated [27] Arthur Ellis Awards, Best First Novel 2010 Winner [28] Barry Award, Best First Novel 2010 Winner [29] Debut Dagger Award 2007 Winner [11] Dilys Award: 2010 Winner [30] Macavity Awards, Best First Mystery Novel 2010 Winner [31 ...