![Amelia Bloomer, Originator of the New Dress](bloomer.jpg)
Amelia Bloomer, Originator of the New Dress
1851
Illustrated London News
The plate and caption both suggest a positive attitude of an essentially liberal and (for the time) liberated journal.
Illustrated London News
Image scan and text by Philip V. Allingham.
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