Ogden Evening Standard | 1910-08-26 | Page 4 | Pioneer Bloomer Woman Dies at Middleton Home

?d all over the country and was for many years president of the National Dress Reform association. PIONEER BLOOMER WOMAN DIES AT MIDDLETON HOME Middletown. N. Y., Aug. 2'?. Dr. T-ydia Hashrook. a ploueer In the dress reform In this country, Is dead here at tho age of S3. Following Miss Bloomer In S93, she adopted the bloomer costume, consisting of velvet vel-vet bloomer, trousers and short Fklrts. Tho costume caused her much Inconvenience, Incon-venience, for she was frequently re-fused re-fused admittance to public places, but sho continued to wear them till her death. She was a graduate of the New York Medical college and had practiced in Washington. She lectur-