 Bloomer herself dropped the fashion in 1859, saying that a new invention, the crinoline, was a sufficient reform that she could return to conventional dress.Also in 1851, Bloomer introduced the suffragettes Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony to each other.In 1854, when Bloomer and her husband decided to move to Council Bluffs, Iowa, Bloomer sold "The Lily" to Mary Birdsall in Richmond, Indiana.