amelia jenks bloomer
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Amelia Jenks Bloomer. “The same Power that brought the slave out of bondage will, in His own good time and way, bring about the emancipation of women, and make her equal in power and dominion that she was in the beginning.” Andrea Ricca and Andi Wilkinson. Amelia Jenks Bloomer. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
“THE SAME POWER THAT BROUGHT THE SLAVE OUT OF BONDAGE WILL , IN
HIS OWN GOOD TIME AND WAY, BRING ABOUTTHE EMANCIPATION OF WOMEN, AND
MAKE HER EQUAL IN POWER AND DOMINIONTHAT SHE WAS IN THE BEGINNING.”
ANDREA RICCA AND ANDI WILKINSON
Amelia Jenks Bloomer
Amelia Jenks Bloomer
Biography
Born in Homer, New York on May 27, 1818Born Amelia JenksMiddle class familyLimited childhood educationMarried Dexter Bloomer at 22Bloomer was a lawyer and part owner of a
local newspaper; forward-thinking; fit with Amelia’s personality
Biography (cont.)
Attended Seneca Falls Convention in 1848Began newspaper for women in January
1849; The Lily: A Ladies Journal Devoted to Temperance and Literature
Began public lectures in 1851Amelia was very active and more well-known
by 1853
Biography (cont.)
While lecturing, she became more involved in the dress reform movement
Wore her new style of clothes to her lectures, called bloomers
Moved to Mount Vernon, Ohio in 1854; her newspaper lasted one more year after moving there
Continued her speeches more out west and Midwest after she moved
Moved again to Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1855Continued fight for women’s rights and became the
first president of the Iowa Woman Suffrage AssociationDied December 30, 1894
Bloomer’s Actions
Attended the Seneca Falls Convention; her first real awareness
InspiredSet out to help women’s rights, suffrage,
temperanceThe Lily: A Ladies Journal Devoted to
Temperance and LiteratureBegan her own lectures
Bloomer’s Actions (cont.)
Bloomer’s Actions (cont.)
Bloomer’s Actions (cont.)
Bloomer’s Actions (cont.)
Bloomer’s Actions (cont.)
Dress-reform movement: Style of clothing known as “bloomers” Loose-fitted blouse with a knee length skirt and
baggy pants Took away from the style of corsets which were
worn to make women have the “number 8” figure By 1860, she stopped wearing bloomers Still believed in dressing comfortably but started
dressing more traditionally to not be distracting at lectures
Bloomer’s Actions (cont.)
Bloomer’s Impact
Women’s options for dress were restricted before her movement
Women typically wore dresses and underneath would wear corsets
The corsets were made to make women look like an “8;” could cause health issues and deformities
Bloomers provided not only an alternative style of dress, but an alternative interpretation of women
Gave them optionsDid not require them to fit a certain profileSpread the message of women’s suffrage and rights