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Amelia Bloomer (1818-1894) was an early suffragist, editor, and social advocate. After writing about a less-restrictive style of dressing for women, she became inextricably linked with it. She\u2019s the reason we think of pantaloons as \u201cbloomers.\u201d And ever since, the women\u2019s rights movement has used them as a symbol of protest and equality.