Well-Behaved Women Rarely Make History Flask

Amelia Jenks Bloomer is featured on this flask. She was born in Homer NY in 1818 and the house she lived in still stands in the historic district of the town. A staunch advocate of women's rights and prohibition, she was an editor, author, publisher, teacher and lecturer. Famous for her stand in favour of dress reform, she appeared at her lectures during the early 1850s wearing full trousers, gathered at the ankle, under a short skirt. Although not the first to adopt this style, her advocacy popularised it as "bloomers."