Amelia Bloomer
(1818-1894)

American Women's Rights Activist
National Women's Hall of Fame

birthdate: May 27
birthplace: Homer, New York

QUOTES

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

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.

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.

 

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