The Battle to Wear Pants: How Western Women Pushed Boundaries by Wearing Bloomers

The trouser-like garments proved practical in the 1850s, but full acceptance was a long time coming.

A brief history of women's fight to wear pants

The Battle Over Bloomers: Dressing for Women's Rights”

Women's Frontiers Archives, Page 5 of 6

Etiquipedia: Dressing Gilded Age Cooks and Kitchen Help

Bloomers women hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

Pioneers & Settlers Archives

Another Girl in Pants. While the West was being won, slavery…

Oh, the shock, when woman slipped into slacks - Queanbeyan CityNews

Exhibition: Should women wear trousers?

Another Girl in Pants. While the West was being won, slavery…

Etiquipedia: 19th C. Etiquette of Women's Dress

Pioneers & Settlers Archives

The Bloomer Movement – Susan Higginbotham

Pioneers & Settlers Archives