Amelia Jenks Bloomer, Grave

Title: Amelia Jenks Bloomer, Grave
Contributor: Bysterbusch, Hailey
Biographical Text: A large marble obelisk headstone alongside a flat granite marker describing the lives and accomplishments of Bloomer and her husband.
Bloomer is interred near her husband, Dexter Chamberlain Bloomer. The Bloomers are buried in Council Bluffs, Iowa, where the couple lived for nearly four decades.
Text: [Text of the Obelisk]
BLOOMER
In memoriam
AMELIA JENKS
wife of
D.C. BLOOMER
DIED
DEC 30, 1894
AGED
76 Ys. 7Ms. 3Ds.
A pioneer of womens
Emancipation.

[Text of the Flat Marker]
BLOOMER
IN 1855 THE BLOOMERS CAME TO COUNCIL BLUFFS. AMELIA WAS ALREADY INTERNATIONALLY PROMINENT FOR HER ADVOCATION OF TEMPERANCE AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS. IN THE LILY, THE MAGAZINE SHE EDITED AND PUBLISHED, SHE PROMOTED DRESS REFORM, PUBLICIZING THE BLOOMER GARMENT. LOCALLY DEXTER HELPED ESTABLISH A BANK AND THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL SYSTEM AND SERVED ON CITY AND STATE SCHOOL BOARDS. HE WROTE AMELIA’S BIOGRAPHY IN 1895.
Relation: Bloomer, Amelia Jenks (1818-1894)
Type: English Grave
Bibliographic Citation: Amelia Jenks Bloomer, Find a Grave; Early Citizens of Council Bluffs - Amelia Bloomer, Council Bluffs Public Library

Where are the women?