2.  Born in Homer New York May 27 th,1818  Formally educated for 2 years  In 1840 she married lawyer Dexter Bloomer.  By his encouragement, Amelia began writing articles in support of prohibition and women’s rights.

3.  In 1848,Bloomer attended the Woman’s Rights convention in Seneca Falls.  By 1849, Bloomer began publishing her views on temperance and social issues in her own publication called, The Lily.  The Newspaper mainly focused on temperance but it also ranged from recipes to moralist tracts, including topics such as marriage law reform and higher education for women.

4.  Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a huge influence towards Bloomer.  Caused Bloomer to convert to a Women’s Rights activist.  Bloomer than began working on the issue of woman’s dress reform in The Lily.

5.  Bloomer wanted to do away with the long dress and corsets.  She thought women should wear shorter dresses with something that resembled baggie pants underneath.  The pants came to be known as “bloomers” and although they never caught on they were a revolutionary idea.

6.  Bloomerism, a female costume.  Campaigned against sexual discrimination and advocating temperance and women's suffrage.  Responsible for publicizing women’s fashion years after the Seneca Falls Convention.

7.  She died December 31 st 1894, in Council Bluffs, Iowa.  A very well respected woman throughout her life.  After her death, her husband Dexter Bloomer wrote a biography on his beloved wife.

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