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“The Lily was the first paper published devoted to the interests of woman and as far as I know, the first one owned, edited, and published by a woman… It was a needed instrumentality to spread abroad the truth of the new gospel to women, and I could not withhold my hand to stay the work I had begun… “-Amelia Bloomer, creator and owner of The Lily.
On January 1, 1849, the first issue of The Lily was published. It began with a circulation of about two or three hundred and within a year, increased to between six to eight hundred. In four years, The Lily reached six thousand. Both Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony wrote for The Lily. Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote under the pseudonym, Sunflower, which became her symbol.