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Amelia Bloomer
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“Let men be compelled to wear our dress for awhile and we should soon hear them advocating a change.”
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“The costume of woman 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.”
Amelia Bloomer, U.S. women's rights & temperance activist
(1818 - 1894)
Full name: Amelia Jenks Bloomer.