Stanton and her friend and neighbor Amelia Bloomer “at once joined me in wearing the new costume,” Miller recalled. Bloomer, a temperance activist and abolitionist, had launched a newspaper ...

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“We had tons of costumes at home that we’ve outgrown ... “Vinegar Tom,” and successfully snagged bloomers along with Riot Grrrl gear to match the 90s punk theme of the play.

As Amelia published patterns and pictures for her readers (and because she also wore the garb for many years), the garment came to be known as "the Bloomer Costume." "When I saw what a furor I had ...

She asked no compensation for her work and received none. It was during this period that she adopted the bloomer costume, which was the first step toward her investiture in men’s garments… Secretary ...

Essentially, a woman's costume consisting of a dress or a skirt over long loose breeches or trousers fastened closely at the knees or ankles, bloomers have indeed come a long way as a must-have ...

The mackintosh coat, the nehru jacket, the stetson hat and the leotard have one thing in common: they were all named after persons who thereby gained a minor sort of immortality.

Rottmann, who lives in Columbia, Mo., will be in an Amelia Bloomer costume with a copy of the first women's rights periodical as she portrays the 19th century women's rights proponent. Bloomer ...

Amelia Bloomer was herself an editor of the first women’s newspaper, The Lily. She used her paper to gently upbraid the Seneca County Courier writer for supporting dress reform, but not women ...