Amelia Bloomer (Photo-Illustrated Biographies)

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Summary: Bloomer History
Review: This is an interesting book about reform dresser and editor, Amelia Bloomer. It is well illustrated and easily read for children. It would be a good addition fo school libraries.

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Summary: The story of Amelia Bloomer, fighter for women's rights
Review: This juvenile biography of Amelia Bloomer tells the story of her life long fight for women's rights and against the use of alcohol. This will probably impress the young readers for whom Mary J. Lickteig's small volume is targeted since her notoriety as the person for whom "bloomers" were named will probably mean nothing to them (even if kids know the term I do not think they associate bloomers with the style of baggy pants popularized, but not invented, by Amelia Bloomer). Bloomer is something of a second tier figure in the history of the fight for women's rights, but she does represent one of the most successful professional women of her day as editor/publisher of "The Lily," a newspaper for women. The back of Lickteig's book, which has photographs/illustrations on the left and text on the right of each spread, includes some nice quotations from Bloomer and a time line of her life. The Read and Discover series of Photo-Illustrated Biographies also offers volumes on other leading figures in the women's rights movement: Susan B. Anthony, Lurcretia Mott, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Rating:
Summary: The story of Amelia Bloomer, fighter for women's rights
Review: This juvenile biography of Amelia Bloomer tells the story of her life long fight for women's rights and against the use of alcohol. This will probably impress the young readers for whom Mary J. Lickteig's small volume is targeted since her notoriety as the person for whom "bloomers" were named will probably mean nothing to them (even if kids know the term I do not think they associate bloomers with the style of baggy pants popularized, but not invented, by Amelia Bloomer). Bloomer is something of a second tier figure in the history of the fight for women's rights, but she does represent one of the most successful professional women of her day as editor/publisher of "The Lily," a newspaper for women. The back of Lickteig's book, which has photographs/illustrations on the left and text on the right of each spread, includes some nice quotations from Bloomer and a time line of her life. The Read and Discover series of Photo-Illustrated Biographies also offers volumes on other leading figures in the women's rights movement: Susan B. Anthony, Lurcretia Mott, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.