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Amelia Bloomer

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The Resume

    (May 27, 1818-December 30, 1894)
    Born in Courtland County, New York
    Birth name was Amelia Jenks
    Published the journal 'The Lily' (1849-53)
    President of the Iowa Woman Suffrage Association (1871-73)
    Advocate for temperance, abolition, women's rights and dress reform
    Namesake of bloomers

Why she might be annoying:

    Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote, 'She has not the spirit of the reformer. At the first woman's rights convention, she stood aloof and laughed at us.'
    Although her name was associated with bloomers, they were invented by Libby Miller.
    Bloomers were subject to constant ridicule in the press and she dropped the fashion (1859), ostensibly because crinolines had made conventional dresses less restrictive.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was the first woman to own and edit a newspaper for women.
    She introduced Susan B. Anthony to Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
    She is the namesake of the Amelia Bloomer Project to honor children's books with feminist themes.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 16 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 26 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 33 Votes: 42.42% Annoying