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Nara: Teaching With Documents: Petition of Amelia Bloomer Regarding Suffrage

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Amelia Bloomer was a prominent advocate of women's rights in the 19th century. She invented bloomers to replace the skirt hoop, in an effort to free women from much of their cumbersome apparel. She later used her newspaper, The Lily, to push for reform.

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)