In the early 1850s Amelia Jenks Bloomer introduced trousers to women, garnering much ridicule and limited acceptance. The design wasn’t hers. Amelia was an early campaigner for women’s rights and the temperance movement, founding a temperance newspaper named The Lily in 1849. In addition to temperance Continue reading Pioneer Women: Scandalous Fashion
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Ladies’ Fashions
Women’s clothing did change over the course of the 19th Century, although skirts remained long. The slim-lined empire gown of the early 1800s gave way to full-skirted, flounced dresses by the 1850s. In general, matrons wore more Continue reading Ladies’ Fashions