| Bloomer Girl | |
|---|---|
 1944 Original Cast Recording | |
| Music | Harold Arlen |
| Lyrics | E.Y. Harburg |
| Book | Sig Herzig and Fred Saidy |
| Basis | Unpublished play by Lilith and Daniel Lewis James |
| Productions | 1944 Broadway |
Bloomer Girl is a 1944 Broadway musical with music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, and a book by Sig Herzig and Fred Saidy, based on an unpublished play by writer Daniel Lewis James and his wife Lilith.[1][2] The plot concerns independent Evelina Applegate, a hoop skirt manufacturer's daughter who defies her father by rejecting hoopskirts and embracing comfortable bloomers advocated by her aunt "Dolly" Bloomer, who was inspired by the women's rights advocate Amelia Bloomer. The American Civil War is looming, and abolitionist Evelina refuses to marry suitor Jeff Calhoun until he frees his slave, Pompey.
A television version of the musical was shown in 1956.
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