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Amelia Bloomer (1818-1894) was an American social reformer known for her advocacy of women's rights. Her most famous contribution was the promotion of women's clothing reform, particularly the 'Bloomer suit', a loose-fitting pantsuit designed to increase comfort and freedom for women. Bloomer also actively participated in educational reform, the temperance movement, and the peace movement.

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Famous Amelia Bloomer Quotes

“The costume of women should be suited to her wants and necessities. It should conduce at once to her health, comfort, and usefulness; and, while it should not fail also to conduce to her personal adornment, it should make that end of secondary importance”

Want Should Ends Failing Comfort Importance Costumes Usefulness Adornment

Book:Life and Writings of Amelia Bloomer

Source: Life and Writings of Amelia Bloomer

“Let men be compelled to wear our dress for awhile and we should soon hear them advocating a change.”

Men Should Clothes Let Me Dresses Compelled Advocating

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“It was a needed instrument to spread abroad the truth of a new gospel to woman, and I could not withhold my hand to stay the work I had begun. I saw not the end from the beginning and dreamed where to my propositions to society would lead me.”

Ends Hands History Saws Needed Instruments Spread Propositions Leading Me

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“It will not do to say that it is out of woman's sphere to assist in making laws, for if that were so, then it should be also out of her sphere to submit to them.”

Ifs Should Law Women Spheres Submit Womens Rights

Book:Hear Me Patiently: The Reform Speeches of Amelia Jenks Bloomer

Source: Hear Me Patiently: The Reform Speeches of Amelia Jenks Bloomer

“Although the doctrine of innate equality of the race has been proclaimed, yet so far as woman is concerned it has been a standing falsehood.”

Has Beens Race Concerned Standing Doctrine Falsehood Innate

Author:Amelia Bloomer

“When you find a burden in belief or apparel, cast it off.”

Belief Casts Burden Apparel

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“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 the equal in power and dominion that she was in the beginning.”

Way Time Equal Slave Good Times Bondage Dominion Emancipation

Book:Life and Writings of Amelia Bloomer

Source: Life and Writings of Amelia Bloomer

“The emancipation of women from intemperance, injustice, prejudice, and bigotry. see Edgar Y. Harburg, We Gotta be Free”

Prejudice Injustice Bigotry Emancipation Intemperance

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“The costume of women should be suited to her wants and needs.”

Want Needs Should Costumes Wants And Needs Adornment

Author:Amelia Bloomer

“Ah, how steadily do they who are guilty shrink from reproof!”

Inspirational Guilty Shrinks Reproof

Book:Life and Writings of Amelia Bloomer

Source: Life and Writings of Amelia Bloomer

About the Author

Born: May 27, 1818
Died: December 30, 1894
Known for: Author
Quotes: 10

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