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Annie Jenness Miller 1859 ~
Annie Jenness Miller Pattern Design
Mrs. Jenness Miller, while an advocate
of dress reform, is so in a much more reserved form than that
advocated by the followers of Mrs. Bloomer.
She was born in New Hampshire, but
resided in Boston prior to her marriage in 1884. Before her
marriage Mrs. Miller had won considerable fame in Massachusetts
as a woman of letters. Then, as a young and beautiful woman,
highly cultured, she took up with energy, combined with good
judgment, the question of dress reform, or, as she has stated
it, the principles and character of artistic dressing. With
other prominent leaders in the dress reform movement she went
upon the platform to voice her theories and views.
She lectured in all the leading cities
of the United States to crowded houses, and had the unusual
experience of being invited over and over again to the same
place.
She was one of the owners of a magazine
published in New York and devoted to the aesthetics of physical
development and artistic designs for frocks, and containing
articles by the best writer on all topics of interest to women.
The influence of her work through this magazine was widely
acknowledged. She is the author of "Physical Beauty,"
and of "Mother and Babe," the latter a work which
furnished information and patterns upon improved plans for
mothers' babies' wardrobes.
All the progressive and reformatory
movements of the day appealed to her, and have had her support
and sympathy. She now lives in Washington, D. C, where she has
large real estate interests.
Women of
America
Source: The Part Taken by Women in
American History, By Mrs. John A. Logan, Published by The Perry-Nalle
Publishing Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1912.
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