Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama
The expected dress of a proper women in antebellum America was hot, uncomfortable, and impractical. The preferred silhouette required a cinched waist, multiple petticoats, and a floor-length skirt. All that fabric was dangerous for a working woman, and even upper-class housewives had trouble maneuvering.
Imagine climbing stairs with a lamp in one hand, a baby in the other arm, and trying not to trip over your skirt. That’s where bloomers came in. But they were not invented for Amelia Bloomer -they were just named for her.An editor of the Seneca County Courier had one idea: maybe women could avoid the discomfort and dangers of their attire by switching to “Turkish pantaloons and a skirt reaching a little below the knee.”
The editorial, written in February 1851 by a man…
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