Miller, Elizabeth Smith (1822–1911)

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Miller, Elizabeth Smith (1822–1911)

American reformer. Name variations: Lizzie or Libby Miller. Born Elizabeth Smith in Hampton, New York, Sept 20, 1822; died 1911; dau. of Gerrit Smith (prominent politician); cousin of Elizabeth Cady Stanton; m. Charles Dudley Miller (well-known NY lawyer), 1850.

After years of feeling constrained in the long skirts of the day (1851), came up with an outfit that would allow her to prune and dig in her garden unfettered: Turkish trousers that became known as Bloomers; also wrote a bestselling cookbook, In the Kitchen (1875).

See also Women in World History.

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