Hear Me Patiently: The Reform Speeches of Amelia Jenks Bloomer, Vol. 138. Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 1994. Smith, Stephanie, Household Words: Bloomers, sucker, bombshell, scab, cyber (2006) -- material on changing usage of words. The Lily: A Ladies' Journal, devoted to Temperance and Literature. 1849. External links Spartacus biography Biography/Pottawattamie County, Iowa Norwood, Arlisha. "Amelia Bloomer". National Women's History Museum. 2017. BBC video article on Amelia Jenks Bloomer, 4 July 2019 1818 births 1894 deaths American feminists American suffragists People from Cortland, New York People from Council Bluffs, Iowa Anglican saints 19th-century Christian saints American temperance activists American women journalists 19th-century American women writers 19th-century American journalists Christian female saints of the Late Modern era Journalists from New York (state) Activists from New York (state) American saints