ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BLOOMERS
From bloomer, a garment introduced in about 1850 and publicized by Mrs A. Bloomer (1818–94), US social reformer.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLOOMERS»
Discover the use of
bloomers in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
bloomers and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Explains how the new-fashioned outfit, bloomers, helped Amelia Bloomer, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony spread the word about women's rights.
Through entertaining profiles by veteran New Yorker writer Brendan Gill, the stories of these resilient people unfold. Many, including Julia Child, didn't begin producing their life's work until middle age.
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Late
bloomers: coming of age in today's America: the right ...
Late Bloomers also puts names and faces on the statistics about the numbers of twenty-somethings who are un- or underemployed (30 percent of all people under thirty in 1992), who can't afford to marry (the average age for first marriages is ...
David Lipsky, Alexander Abrams, 1994
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Bloomers and ballots: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and women's rights
A biography of one of the early leaders of the women's rights movement and first public proponent of suffrage for women.
Mary Stetson Clarke, 1972
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Household Words:
Bloomers, Sucker, Bombshell, Scab, Nigger, ...
Looking in detail at words that “treat people as things, and things as people, and do so at that strange space where joking, ridiculing, demeaning, oppressing, resisting, and regretting converge,” Household Words is a study of how ...
Stephanie Ann Smith, 2006
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Is This Thing On?, revised edition: A Computer Handbook for ...
Abby Stokes is the perfect guide to the digital domain: She’s taught more than 140,000 seniors how to use a computer. In an easy, authoritative, hand-holding way, she covers it all: how to choose, buy, and start using a computer.
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From Blue Hair and
Bloomers to Backpacks and Bullies
What everyone kept asking her was, aWhatas the biggest change?a You might be surprised at the answer, unless you are a teacher. This is a book for everyone who ever went to school, has or had children in school, or has taught school.
Ruth Randall Swanson, 2008
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Late
bloomers: how to achieve your potential at any age
Drawing on in-depth interviews, this book offers encouraging advice, while studying people who have reached their full potential late in life, such as Florence Brooks, a widow who joined the Peace Corps when she was sixty-five, Wally Amos, ...
Carol Colman, Michael Perelman, 1987
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(Just Like) El Cid's
Bloomers
The road isso hard Thefuture's so tough Hisarmour'slike lard I wish I wasn't
squashed Up the arse of this card I feel like El Cid's bloomers, Oh I feel like
ElCid's bloomers. There's never anend There was barely a start The biscuits are
weavelly ...
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Late
Bloomers: Awakening to Lesbianism After Forty
Awakening to Lesbianism After Forty Robin McCoy. Kwah ening to Les bianism
Hirer Forty Kohm Mada/v x“ LATE BLOOMERS LATE BLOOMERS AWAKENING
TO LESBIANISM AFTER FORTY Robin. Late Bloomers Front Cover.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLOOMERS»
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bloomers is used in the context of the following news items.
Garden out of control? Simplify
"I had some hydrangeas that had been constant bloomers but they were water hogs," she said. "I'm using different hydrangeas now that require ... «Lompoc Record, Jul 15»
The lilies of the Blanchard valley
Daylilies are divided into early, mid and late bloomers, with the early bloomers' season starting around early June and the late bloomers ... «The Courier, Jul 15»
Garden tips: Keep quick growth in check -- it's really better in the …
Pinch perfect: Great growing conditions can result in leggy fall bloomers. Now is the time to pinch or cut back your chrysanthemums, asters and ... «LancasterOnline, Jul 15»
On the scent of England's gorgeous gardens
These roses were repeat bloomers, making them unusual and of great interest to rose fanciers wanting to breed new hybrids for hardiness and ... «The West Australian, Jul 15»
FINUCANE: July is time to sit back and enjoy summer colors
There are abundant flowers in the perennial gardens now. Just a handful of spring bloomers have passed, and the more steadfast, ... «Argus Press, Jul 15»
Garden walk to tour five local gardens
The Evening Bloomers Garden Club of Mt. Pleasant is set to hold a garden walk from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 12. Tickets and maps are ... «The Morning Sun, Jul 15»
The world's most brutal game of soccer is played in 16th century …
His team's uniform is a pair of blue and purple striped bloomers, per calcio storico tradition. With 54 similarly-costumed men punching, kicking ... «Quartz, Jul 15»
Pippa Middleton Boyfriend Nico Jackson Not Allowed At Princess …
According to a baby clothes store in London, "Pippa bought a little outfit for Charlotte: a Liberty print pink top with bloomers in a matching fabric ... «KpopStarz, Jul 15»
Gardening: Snipping news
The late-summer bloomers, like 'Ville de Lyon' and that gloriously seductive 'Comtesse de Bouchard' flower on new wood, so that early-spring ... «Yorkshire Evening Post, Jul 15»
Minooka rolls to Channahon tourney win
“I put this team together to give some of the late bloomers and kids that can't afford full-time travel ball a chance to play,” Harris said. “We did ... «The Herald-News, Jul 15»
