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Dress Reform . Amelia Bloomer , deputy postmistress of Seneca Falls , New York , was one of those who advanced from moderate reform to more radical causes . In 1849 , when she became the timid editor of a temperance journal ...
Dress Reform . Amelia Bloomer , deputy postmistress of Seneca Falls , New York , was one of those who advanced from moderate reform to more radical causes . In 1849 , when she became the timid editor of a temperance journal ...
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CHAPTER SIX Women Organize for Reform and Welfare The earliest women's organizations grew out of church work . Usually the women met weekly in sewing circles to make gar- ments , quilts , or other saleable items .
CHAPTER SIX Women Organize for Reform and Welfare The earliest women's organizations grew out of church work . Usually the women met weekly in sewing circles to make gar- ments , quilts , or other saleable items .
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She offered a documented survey of existing conditions and a detailed pro- gram for reform . She urged Congress to consider the insane " wards of the nation " and to finance their care with a federal land grant of five million acres .
She offered a documented survey of existing conditions and a detailed pro- gram for reform . She urged Congress to consider the insane " wards of the nation " and to finance their care with a federal land grant of five million acres .
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Theories of Women's Studies Gloria Bowles,Renate Duelli-Klein,Renate Klein No preview available - 1983 |