Show BLOOMERS One of the most famous of the Bloomer girls was Amelia Bloomer Born norn May 27 1818 she became a great campaigner for temperance and women's suffrage In 1870 in Des Moin Mom es Cs Iowa she helped organize the Iowa Equal Suffrage Ass ocia tion As editor of the Lily first women's rights magazine she campaigned for reformed dress a shirt that stopped just below the knees and full Turkish trousers ending in ruf ruf- ruf lies fles at the tops of her high shoes Th The cam campaign creat- creat created created ed a National furor New York City papers named the costume bloomers after the militant woman editor Mrs Bloomer protested but the name stuck |