What is it about the billowy style that keeps women coming back? The history of a radical garment—now a bestseller again.

I married a descendant of Amelia Bloomer, publisher of the original Lily. Here’s how I honor her legacy. PERSPECTIVE | Her work has been a great source of inspiration for me ...

It tells the story of Amelia Bloomer, who created the bloomer pants for women. The baggy pants were a dramatic change from the dresses and corsets women were accustomed to wearing.

So women took to wearing "bloomers," named after the suffragist Amelia Bloomer, who advocated wearing the loose pants as early as the 1850s.

Amelia Jenks Bloomer was inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame in 1975, and the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1995. Linda Knell and Ben Johnson both live in Council Bluffs.

The Lily is the first U.S. paper written by women, and it all started thanks to Amelia Bloomer in 1849. We broke down all the facts on the "women-centric" newspaper that is making a comeback in ...

Amelia Bloomer was a social reformer, newspaper editor and fashion icon. Amelia Bloomer was a social reformer, newspaper editor, and fashion icon. She attended the Woman’s Rights Convention in ...