Today is the birthday of Amelia Bloomer, the first wave suffragette for whom "bloomers" are named, as she promoted that form of dress as less restrictive to women than the prevailing fashions of the mid 1800s. There is a wonderful children's book entitled You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer! which I highly recommend. Far too often, children learn only about men and wars, with few exceptions, as history. It is up to parents to make sure that they get plenty of herstory, as well.
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