National Dress Reform Association (NDRA) was an American association in support of the Victorian dress reform, founded in 1856 and dissolved in 1865.
It was founded in February 1856 by the hydropathist James Caleb Jackson. Many of its members were hydropathists, who supported the Bloomers and a reform of women's dress for health reasons, and it was given support by many other health and sports organisations, from the contemporary women's movement, as well as by religious organisations who disliked fashion.Cunningham, Patricia A (2003). Reforming women's fashion, 1850-1920 : politics, health, and art. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press. Libris länk. The NDRA published information, arranged exhibitions and speeches. The campaign was given great publicity for the first couple of years after its foundation, and attracted members from almost every state.Cunningham, Patricia A (2003). Reforming women's fashion, 1850-1920 : politics, health, and art. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press. Libris länk.
Lydia Sayer Hasbrouck founded the periodical The Sibyl, which became an organ of the NDRA,"The Original 'Bloomer Girls'". Nineteenth Century Dress Reform in Pictures. Retrieved January 15, 2018. of which Hasbrouck was a member and later (1863–65) the president."Dress Reformer - Lydia Sayer". Women of the Hudson Valley. Retrieved January 14, 2018. Among other things, it published the names of almost a thousand women nationwide who had adopted the reform dress.The Sibyl, July 15, 1859, pp. 588–89.
The campaign, however, failed, and the NDRA was dissolved in 1865. The dress reform movement resumed nationwide organisation again in the American Free Dress League in 1874.Cunningham, Patricia A (2003). Reforming women's fashion, 1850-1920 : politics, health, and art. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press. Libris länk. See also Rational Dress Society Svenska drägtreformföreningen Artistic Dress movement
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