Bloomer Box LbNA #27811 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Dec 23, 2006 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Council Bluffs |
| County: | Pottawattamie |
| State: | Iowa |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | pairofpaddlers  |
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| Found by: | Boxer Lover |
| Last found: | Jul 16, 2007 |
| Status: | FFFFa |
| Last edited: | Dec 23, 2006 |
Amelia Jenks Bloomer was born in NY in 1818 and moved to IA in 1855. She became a well known suffragist, member of the temperance movement, and editor of the periodical "Lily". Amelia Bloomer was also the President of the Iowa Woman Suffrage Association from 1871-73.
There is one liberating idea for which Amelia Bloomer is still well known. She advocated the wearing of more comfortable, practical clothing; bloomers.
Start at Bloomer School, named after Amelia's husband Dexter, at South 7th and Willow Street. Beware of the One Way roads. The box you seek lies near Amelia's grave, in a cemetary in the Loess Hills, at the corner of Oakland and Lafayette Avenue. While in section A, stop to read Amelia's memorial. The box is in a large shrub to the East. Beside the bush, site along the crack in the gutter and reach inside.
There is one liberating idea for which Amelia Bloomer is still well known. She advocated the wearing of more comfortable, practical clothing; bloomers.
Start at Bloomer School, named after Amelia's husband Dexter, at South 7th and Willow Street. Beware of the One Way roads. The box you seek lies near Amelia's grave, in a cemetary in the Loess Hills, at the corner of Oakland and Lafayette Avenue. While in section A, stop to read Amelia's memorial. The box is in a large shrub to the East. Beside the bush, site along the crack in the gutter and reach inside.