Her suffragist friend, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, decided to wear some when she visited Amelia Jenks Bloomer, the publisher of the first American newspaper for women in the US, The Lily.

她的妇女参政论者朋友伊丽莎白·凯迪·斯坦顿在拜访阿米莉亚·詹克斯·布卢默（美国第一份女性报纸《百合花》的出版人）时，决定穿这样的裤子。