Life and Writings of Amelia Bloomer D. C. Bloomer

IFE AND WRITINGS OF AMELIA BLOOMER BY D. C. BLOOMER, LL. D. WITH PORTRAITS BOSTON ARENA PUBLISHING COMPANY COPLEY SQUARE 1895 Republished 1 6 Scholarly Press, Inc., 22929 Industrial Drive Fast St. Clair Shores, Michigan 4KOKO COPYRIGHTED, 1895, BY D. C. BLOOMER, Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Bloomer, Dexter C 1820-1900. Life and writings of Amelia Bloomer. Reprint of the ed. published by Arena Pub. Co., Boston. 1. Bloomer, Amelia Jenks, I8l8-l89ii-. 2. Wom ens rights United States. I. Title. HQU13. B6B6 1975b 301. M 1 2 0921 72-78650 ISBN 0-403-0199lf-X TO MY WIFE. PREFACE. As MRS. BLOOMER was one of the pioneers in what is sometimes called the Womans Move ment, it seems right that a record of her work should be placed in durable form. Such a record I have endeavored to set forth in the following pages. While giving-a brief narrative of her life, I have also included, as being most satisfactory, quite extended extracts from her writings and one of her lectures is printed in full. I will add for the information of the curious that a complete bound copy in one volume of the LILY, as printed and issued by Mrs. Bloomer for six years, is de posited in the State Library, in Albany, N. Y. , and is probably the only copy of that work In existence. IX C. BLOOMER. September, 1895. CONTENTS. PBEF ACE CHAPTER I. HEB EABLY LIFE HEB MABBIAGE TIPPECANOE AND TYLEB, TOO A WBITEB FOB NEWSPAPEBS WASHINGTONIANISM JOINS THE CHUBCH ..... ... 7 CHAPTER II. UNJUST LAWS FOB WOMEN BEFOBM BEGINS WOMEN TO THE FBONT MBS. BLOOMEB THOPECS ABOUT IT .......................... . .................... 28 CHAPTER III. SHE WBITES ABOUT IT BIBTH OF THE JDILY NEW WOBK FOB HEB FIBST IN THE FIELD MB8 STANTON APPEAJRS MBS. BLOOMEB CONVEBTED BECOMES ASSISTANT POSTMASTEB THE LILY ON HEB HANDS TISITS NEW YOBK CITY MISS AN THONY IS INTBODUCED MBS. BLOOMEB ON THE TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE FOB WOMAN 8UF FBAGE LETTER TO AKBON CONVENTION BUL TNG A WIFE ................................... 38 CHAPTER IT. THE BEFOBM DBESS WOMANS ATTIBE FASHION IN DBESS ............................... .,,.., ----65 I CONTENTS. CHAPTER V. PAGE THE LILY PROSPEROUS WOMANS TEMPERANCE SO CIETY MRS. BLOOMER ON DIVORCE CONVENTION INFLUENCE THE WOMEN REJECTED AT SYRACUSE CONVENTION IN ALBANY A LECTURER IN NEW YORK CITY AT HORACE GREELEYS HOUSE AT METROPOLITAN HALL MRS. BLOOMERS SPEECH IN BUFFALO AT HOME HATING THK MEN GOOD TEMPLARS IN THE PULPIT IN ROCHESTER AGAIN A CHANGE A. LECTURE TOUR FOURTH OF JULY RESTING NEW LEC TURES A CLUB OF TALKERS 82 CHAPTER VI. AT THE WORLDS CONVENTION A WESTERN TRIP CONTINUES HER JOURNEY AN ANNOUNCEMENT A REMOVAL A TESTIMONIAL DEMONSTRATION OF RESPECT TO MR. AND MRS. BLOOMER 133 CHAPTER VII. AN ASSISTANT EDITOR PROSPERITY OF THE LILY ENFRANCHISEMENT OF WOMAN WOMAN 5 S RIGHT WOMANS CLAIM DESTROYING LIQUOR GOLDEN RULES FOR WIVES THE CLERGY MALE BLOOM ERS WOMEN MECHANICS WOMANS DRESS WOMEN DRUNKARDS PROGRESS SEWING MA CHINES GOVERNOR SEYMOURS VRTO FIGHTING HER WAY ON THE LECTURE PLATFORM AT THE OHIO STATE CONVENTION A WOMAN TYPESETTER A STRIKE FOLLOWED LUCY STONE APPEARS A VISIT TO NEW YORK STATE AT THE NEW YORK STATE CONVENTION GOOD TEMPLARS IN OHIO THE LILY SOLD SHE IS SORRY 149 CHAPTER VIII. ON HER TRAVELS STARTS FOR IOWA EARLY DAYS IN THE WEST DELAYED IN ST. LOUIS THE MIS-2 CONTENTS... Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Life and Writings of Amelia Bloomer (D. C. Bloomer)