The Lily: A Ladies Journal Devoted to Temperance and Literature

The Lily: A Ladies Journal Devoted to Temperance and Literature was an American newspaper founded in January 1849 by Amelia Bloomer. It was likely the first newspaper edited entirely by a woman and served as a platform for temperance and women's rights advocates. Bloomer used the paper to discuss various reform movements and, notably, to advocate for dress reform, which led to the popularization of the "bloomers" costume. The newspaper was published in Seneca Falls, New York, and later in Mount Vernon, Ohio, before Bloomer sold it in 1855. Her continued interest in reform was expressed through writing and lectures for the rest of her life.1