The Lily: Devoted to the Interests of Woman

by Amelia Bloomer

$8,500 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books · No longer available

Seneca Falls, NY: The Lily, 1853. May 1, 1853 issue. Vol. 5. No. 9. 18 x 12 newspaper consisting of four pages printed on a single bifolium. Very Good, with toning, old folds, tears, edges crumpled. Rare.The Lily was the first American newspaper edited and published by a woman. Founded in 1849 by Amelia Bloomer 1818-1894 as a temperance publication, it soon began advocating less restrictive fashions for

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