Amelia Jenks was born in May 1818, in Homer, New York. She attended school and eventually became a schoolteacher. In 1840, she married Dexter Bloomer, an attorney.
When the first batch of Bloomer chocolates was sold, Rutherford B Hayes from nearby Delaware, Ohio, was serving as the 19th President of the United States.
Late Bloomer? "What's wrong with me?" Hannah wondered this at least once a week. The reason? All her friends had gotten their period and Hannah was sure she'd never get hers.
At the end of 1853, the Bloomers moved to Mount Vernon, Ohio, where Amelia Bloomer continued to edit The Lily, which by then had a national circulation of over 6000.
... on radio station WPRB in Princeton, New Jersey commenting on the music of Nancy Bloomer ... Philharmonic (MA), The Iowa State University Orchestra, Kenyon College Orchestra (Ohio ...
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