Life and Writings of Amelia Bloomer

Title

Life and Writings of Amelia Bloomer

Creator

Bloomer, D. C. (Dexter C.), 1816-1900.

Date

1895

Subject

Bloomer, Amelia Jenks, 1818-1894

Women's rights

Type

text

Language

English

Place of Issue

Boston (Mass.)

Genre

Biographies

Location

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

Call number

6

HQ1413 .B65b

Exhibition link

Upstate New York and the Women's Rights Movement

Label text

Dexter Chamberlin Bloomer. Life and Writings of Amelia Bloomer (Boston, 1895). Amelia Bloomer (1818-1894) was born in Homer, Cortland County. As a young woman she taught school in Clyde and Waterloo, and after her marriage in 1840 to Dexter C. Bloomer she moved to Seneca Falls.
<br><br>
Here in 1849 she began to publish <i>The Lily</i>. Initially the newspaper was devoted to the cause of temperance, but soon articles on woman's rights and dress reform began to appear. In 1852 Bloomer launched her career as a lecturer, when she spoke before the Daughters of Temperance in Rochester. In 1855 she and her husband moved to Iowa, where Bloomer continued to work for the rights of women.<br><br>

<i>Copies of </i>The Lily <i>from the collection of the Susan B. Anthony House</i>.

Dress Reform

Collection

Rare Book Collection (UR-RBSCP)

Citation

Bloomer, D. C. (Dexter C.), 1816-1900., “Life and Writings of Amelia Bloomer,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed April 19, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/530.

Transcribe This Item