Sara Catterall
@scatterall.bsky.social
Writer. MLIS. So many interests. She/her. Author of Amelia Bloomer: Journalist, Suffragist, Anti-Fashion Icon, out now from Belt Publishing. She truly did not want to be remembered for "bloomers." Blog etc at saracatterall.com
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Sara Catterall
@scatterall.bsky.social
· Mar 24
Amelia Bloomer
A fascinating look at an underappreciated woman in American history whose newspaper fostered a national conversation on women’s issues.Those who recognize the name Amelia Bloomer usually do so because...
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Good morning! I wrote a biography of someone who helped found the women's rights movement in the 1850s, and kept at it through the Civil War, scandals, chronic illness, and decades of defeats.
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#OnThisDay, 10 Nov 1917, 41 suffragists are arrested outside the White House in Washington DC.
This was the largest number of women arrested on the same day.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #AmericanHistory 🗃️
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This was the largest number of women arrested on the same day.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #AmericanHistory 🗃️
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November 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Yup. Common hydropathy treatments from the 1800s.
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Yup. Common hydropathy treatments from the 1800s.
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They didn’t know what vitamins were. They didn’t have ibuprofen or antibiotics. People died from paper cuts that got infected.
They spent a wild amount of money trying not to die.
They spent a wild amount of money trying not to die.
November 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
They didn’t know what vitamins were. They didn’t have ibuprofen or antibiotics. People died from paper cuts that got infected.
They spent a wild amount of money trying not to die.
They spent a wild amount of money trying not to die.
This. It's a significant theme in my biography of Amelia Bloomer. She got into the "short dress and trousers" (ie, bloomers) by way of alternative health circles, including water cures, after getting her health destroyed by mercury treatments.
I would not wish 1800s healthcare on my worst enemy.
November 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This. It's a significant theme in my biography of Amelia Bloomer. She got into the "short dress and trousers" (ie, bloomers) by way of alternative health circles, including water cures, after getting her health destroyed by mercury treatments.
Whatever your thoughts on the hypocrisy vs. scamminess debate re that woman calling churches for formula, would you like to throw a few bucks at my UU church's free baby gear org? Free new car seats to whoever asks, no strings, is the center of it. Can't keep up with demand.
Babies First - First Unitarian Society of Ithaca
What is Babies First:Babies First is an all volunteer organization, that is part of the First Unitarian Society of Ithaca. Now in its 3rd decade, Babies First provides tangible help to babies, young c...
unitarian.ithaca.ny.us
November 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Whatever your thoughts on the hypocrisy vs. scamminess debate re that woman calling churches for formula, would you like to throw a few bucks at my UU church's free baby gear org? Free new car seats to whoever asks, no strings, is the center of it. Can't keep up with demand.
If you don't see much of what's going on with professional animators vs AI lately, this 🧵 and all the comments are a great window into it all.
The studio that made the shitty coca-cola AI ad getting their teeth kicked in on socials bc of how icky bad it is, then the studio CEO coming out insulting and dismissing folks kicking their teeth in, and THEN releasing the worst ever cover up “hey we actually made this by hand” scam vid
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November 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
If you don't see much of what's going on with professional animators vs AI lately, this 🧵 and all the comments are a great window into it all.
Out here building community with UU newcomer brunch. Much coffee, and a vegan option.
November 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Out here building community with UU newcomer brunch. Much coffee, and a vegan option.
I'm holding a free webinar for the State Historical Society of Iowa on Amelia Bloomer, who moved out to the Wild West of Council Bluffs in 1854. Register here!
Iowa History 101: Amelia Bloomer: Journalist, Suffragist, and Anti-Fashion Icon
Join Sara Catterall, author of the new biography Amelia Bloomer: Journalist, Suffragist, and Anti-Fashion Icon, to learn about Bloomer's life and work in Iowa.
history.iowa.gov
November 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I'm holding a free webinar for the State Historical Society of Iowa on Amelia Bloomer, who moved out to the Wild West of Council Bluffs in 1854. Register here!
Amelia Bloomer turns up in the oddest places.
Bloomers - Cyclism (Relative Pitch, 2025)
Free Jazz Collective, reviews of avant garde and free jazz music and media
www.freejazzblog.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Amelia Bloomer turns up in the oddest places.
Reposted by Sara Catterall
Good morning! I wrote a biography of someone who helped found the women's rights movement in the 1850s, and kept at it through the Civil War, scandals, chronic illness, and decades of defeats.
Amelia Bloomer
A fascinating look at an underappreciated woman in American history whose newspaper fostered a national conversation on women’s issues.Those who recognize the name Amelia Bloomer usually do so because...
www.arcadiapublishing.com
March 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Good morning! I wrote a biography of someone who helped found the women's rights movement in the 1850s, and kept at it through the Civil War, scandals, chronic illness, and decades of defeats.
Reposted by Sara Catterall
This week @stmartinspress.bsky.social brought out the excellent feminist icon JEANNETTE RANKIN's 1st major biography, WINNING THE EARTHQUAKE: How Jeannette Rankin Defied All Odds to Become the First Woman in Congress, by LORISSA RINEHART #Booksky
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/11/winn...
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/11/winn...
WINNING THE EARTHQUAKE How Jeannette Rankin Defied All Odds to Become the First Woman in Congress, recovering the life of a great American
WINNING THE EARTHQUAKE How Jeannette Rankin Defied All Odds to Become the First Woman in Congress LORISSA RINEHART St. Martin's Press (...
expendablemudge.blogspot.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This week @stmartinspress.bsky.social brought out the excellent feminist icon JEANNETTE RANKIN's 1st major biography, WINNING THE EARTHQUAKE: How Jeannette Rankin Defied All Odds to Become the First Woman in Congress, by LORISSA RINEHART #Booksky
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/11/winn...
expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2025/11/winn...
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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I was thinking about Zohran’s transition team and today’s anti-feminist piece in the New York Times, and my mother’s book on the first generation of women to work in the city government in New York City.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I was thinking about Zohran’s transition team and today’s anti-feminist piece in the New York Times, and my mother’s book on the first generation of women to work in the city government in New York City.
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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I am sick and tired of being forced to relitigate and defend the basic human dignity of anyone. It is the year of our Lord 2025. WE DO NOT HAVE TO RELITIGATE THIS. "Debate me, bro" is not a pillar for a functional society. It's OK for us to just decide there are some settled tenets here.
as a thought exercise for everyone reading ross douthat's latest missive in the NYT, i want you to think about sending an email to your entire company with the subject line "Did Women Ruin the Workplace?", then think about the over/under on the number of minutes/hours you would still be employed
November 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I am sick and tired of being forced to relitigate and defend the basic human dignity of anyone. It is the year of our Lord 2025. WE DO NOT HAVE TO RELITIGATE THIS. "Debate me, bro" is not a pillar for a functional society. It's OK for us to just decide there are some settled tenets here.
I still remember getting teargassed at nursery school recess when the Minneapolis police thought it was a bright idea to drop it from a helicopter onto a Cambodia protest. We need to ban that shit.
“Mommy! Mommy! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!”
— Leia Kahl, as she was overwhelmed by immigration agents’ tear gas.
Leia’s age: 2.
Via @natashakorecki.bsky.social
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
— Leia Kahl, as she was overwhelmed by immigration agents’ tear gas.
Leia’s age: 2.
Via @natashakorecki.bsky.social
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Chicago residents say kids tear-gassed due to nearby immigration enforcement
A Chicago mother tells NBC News she and her 2-year-old were hit with a chemical agent. Many residents say the city wasn’t a “war zone”— until immigration agents swept through.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I still remember getting teargassed at nursery school recess when the Minneapolis police thought it was a bright idea to drop it from a helicopter onto a Cambodia protest. We need to ban that shit.
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On being told to step up.
“Great opportunity for the churches”
This time last year, the out of town nonprofit that ran the homeless shelter in my county abandoned it with little warning, leaving my Central NY college town of 30K without one, just as it started…
saracatterall.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
On being told to step up.
On being told to step up.
“Great opportunity for the churches”
This time last year, the out of town nonprofit that ran the homeless shelter in my county abandoned it with little warning, leaving my Central NY college town of 30K without one, just as it started…
saracatterall.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
On being told to step up.
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If you're learning about Eugene Debs today and want to know more, @haymarketbooks.org has an amazing collection of books for you!
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1246-t...
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1246-t...
The Selected Works of Eugene V. Debs, Vol. I
An extensive compilation of articles, speeches, press statements, and open letters by American socialist Eugene V. Debs.
www.haymarketbooks.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
If you're learning about Eugene Debs today and want to know more, @haymarketbooks.org has an amazing collection of books for you!
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1246-t...
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1246-t...
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I pass out early because of a week of newborn related insomnia, and I wake up to a blessed TL 🙏
June 25, 2025 at 6:01 AM
I pass out early because of a week of newborn related insomnia, and I wake up to a blessed TL 🙏
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this was posted four months ago.
the lesson? Ignore the appeasers.
they are bad people. and they don’t know how to win.
the lesson? Ignore the appeasers.
they are bad people. and they don’t know how to win.
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
November 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
this was posted four months ago.
the lesson? Ignore the appeasers.
they are bad people. and they don’t know how to win.
the lesson? Ignore the appeasers.
they are bad people. and they don’t know how to win.
So, last winter a little group at my UU church in a college town made hot dinners for the county's impromptu Code Blue shelter a block away, taking turns with other churches. Usually for 20-30 people, groceries out of our own pockets. Just found out the starting request this month is for 70.
November 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
So, last winter a little group at my UU church in a college town made hot dinners for the county's impromptu Code Blue shelter a block away, taking turns with other churches. Usually for 20-30 people, groceries out of our own pockets. Just found out the starting request this month is for 70.
short 🧵 !
One of the worst pop culture-ifications of second wave feminism is convincing society that it was about bored housewives who wanted to work instead of being a wife or mother.
NO.
NO.
a woman cooking in a kitchen with the words i love my husband above her
ALT: a woman cooking in a kitchen with the words i love my husband above her
media.tenor.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:42 AM
short 🧵 !
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I hate gay Halloween what do you mean you’re an uncataloged book someone tried to rebind with duct tape
October 31, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I hate gay Halloween what do you mean you’re an uncataloged book someone tried to rebind with duct tape
I was interviewed last March about Amelia Bloomer and women in trousers for this @artefr.bsky.social episode of "Is It True That...?" on clothing and gender! Love how it turned out.
Is It True That... Men Have Always Worn Trousers? | ARTE.tv Documentary
YouTube video by ARTE.tv Documentary
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October 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I was interviewed last March about Amelia Bloomer and women in trousers for this @artefr.bsky.social episode of "Is It True That...?" on clothing and gender! Love how it turned out.