The costume of women should be suited to her wants and necessities. It should conduce at once to her health, comfort, and usefulness; and, while it should not fail also to conduce to her personal adornment, it should make that end of secondary importance
Amelia BloomerAlthough the doctrine of innate equality of the race has been proclaimed, yet so far as woman is concerned it has been a standing falsehood.
Amelia Bloomer