Life and writings of Amelia BloomerBloomer, D. C. (Dexter C.)
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Life and writings of Amelia Bloomer
Bloomer, D. C. (Dexter C.)
Bloomer, Amelia Jenks, 1818-1894; Women's rights -- United States
“We addressed the patients and other inmates of the house in a
large sitting room on Thursday evening, and at his solicitation
concluded to accept the invitation of Judge Osborn, of Scott,
to return to that place and speak on Friday evening, instead of
returning home as we had intended to do. Accordingly on Friday
evening we rode over to Scott, a distance of three or four miles.
The church in which the meeting was held was densely filled, and
we could but wonder where all the people came from in so small a
place. Many warm though strange friends gathered around us here,
and bade us a hearty God-speed in our mission. They would have kept
us for another night, but home after a week’s absence was doubly
endeared to us and we could be detained no longer; so we again took
the stage for the Glen on Saturday morning, and from thence on
steamboat and cars returned home on Saturday evening. Altogether
the excursion was a delightful one and we have no cause to regret
that we were induced to accept the invitation of our Harford
friends to join with them in celebrating the 77th anniversary of
the birthday of our National Independence.”
RESTING.
Mrs. Bloomer’s activities during the year had been so unremitting
that she now needed rest. Small in person and fragile in health, she
had been enabled to endure so much only by her indomitable courage
and the spirit of perseverance which ever controlled all her actions.
This needed rest she therefore sought at Dr. Jackson’s water cure, on
the beautiful shores of Skaneateles Lake. Here secluded from public
gaze she spent some weeks in retirement; and yet not entirely so, for
she was there invited and consented to deliver her lecture on Woman’s
Enfranchisement to the inmates of the cure.
NEW LECTURES.
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