Lily, volume 8, number 6

Title

Lily, volume 8, number 6

Creator

Bloomer, Amelia Jenks, 1818-1894

Lily (Seneca Falls, N.Y.)

Date

1851-06

Subject

Women's clothing

Women's rights

Type

text

Language

English

Is Part Of

Susan B. Anthony Memorial, Inc., Papers

Place of Issue

Seneca Falls (N.Y.)

Genre

Periodicals

Location

Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Call number

6

Exhibition link

Upstate New York and the Women's Rights Movement

Label text

The Lily, volume 8, no. 6 (June, 1851). In the April 1851 issue of The Lily, Amelia Bloomer advocated that women abandon their unhealthy tight stays, impractical long skirts, and restrictive petticoats for a new mode of dress consisting of a loose tunic and short skirt worn over Turkish-style pantaloons. Because the first notice of the new style appeared in her newspaper, Bloomer's name became attached to the costume, although it was first worn by Gerrit Smith's daughter Elizabeth Smith Miller. This issue of The Lily includes an editorial on "Short Dresses" and a letter from a subscriber who reviews the healthful and social benefits to be derived from dress reform and asks for instructions on how to make the "new (and I am sure delightful) Turkish dress--From the collection of the Susan B. Anthony House.

Collection

D.52 Susan B. Anthony Memorial, Inc. Papers

Citation

Bloomer, Amelia Jenks, 1818-1894 and Lily (Seneca Falls, N.Y.), “Lily, volume 8, number 6,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 23, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/475.

Transcribe This Item