| | I dropped the ball on Women's History Month this year. In the past I have made unit studies out of it for Miles - two years in a row I even did a Women's History workshop for K-5 homeschoolers. So, even though I'm no longer systematic about it, I compiled quite a list of children's books related to American women's history that I can return to and add to...whenever.
I read the above book to Lillian today. Well, to both kids, actually, but I had read it to Miles a few years ago, so this time around was meant for Lilli's edification. It is one of my favorites for kids, because I am biased and my special area of research in my own work is 19th century women's rights. Hey, if they're going to learn some random stuff, they might as
well learn the stuff I know.
Lilli liked the book, although I fear she may have missed the message. She determined that she "wouldn't mind if girls had to wear fancy dresses every day."  haha. Although, when we came upon the illustration of the boy climbing the tree and the "fancy" girls just sitting on the bench, she decided that girls should be "allowed to wear jeans, too." Of course.
And one of the touchpoints that will help her remember this story is that Amelia Bloomer's women's rights newspaper (in which she printed patterns and drawings of her "bloomers" (also called the "American costume"), was called The Lily 
The illustrations are great, but I followed up by showing the kids some "real" bloomer photos. Here's the real Amelia Bloomer, circa 1850s:
SHOCKING display of the female form, eh?! ;)
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