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rational dress advocate

Amelia Bloomer: Temperance, Suffrage, and Rational Dress Advocate

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Engraved portrait of Amelia Bloomer with a bow at her collar.

She used journalism to argue for political rights and practical clothing, linking women’s ability to move freely with their right to participate in public life.

All the women the history books left out.