Which item of clothing was named after an American women's rights and temperance advocate?
Bloomers (clothing) Bloomers (clothing) Bloomers, also called the bloomer, the Turkish dress, the American dress, or simply reform dress, are divided women's garments for the lower body. They were developed in the 19th century as a healthful and comfortable alternative to the heavy, constricting dresses worn by American women. They take their name from their best-known advocate, the women's rights activist Amelia Bloomer. Bloomers were an innovation of readers of the "Water-Cure Journal", a popular health periodical that in October 1849 began urging women to develop a style of dress that was not so harmful to their health as the current fashion.
American Temperance University for Young Ladies, named for benefactor Bushrod Washington James, is now an inn; it is included in the Cornstalk Heights Historic District. American Temperance University American Temperance University opened in 1893 in the planned town of Harriman, Tennessee, which was developed as a community with no alcoholic beverages permitted. In its second year of operation the institution enrolled 345 students from 20 states. However, it closed in 1908. Those who attended included two students who later became members of the U.S. House of Representatives, John Jennings, Jr. and James Willis Taylor. The university's main building, Temperance Hall, is listed on