Annie Jenness Miller

Born: 28 January 1859, United States
Died: 8 August 1935
Country most active: United States
Also known as: NA

From Famous Women: An Outline of Feminine Achievement Through the Ages With Life Stories of Five Hundred Noted Women. Written by Joseph Adelman, published 1926 by Ellis M Lonow Company:
Anna Jenness Miller, an American dress reformer, author and lecturer, born in New Hampshire. She is widely known as an advocate of correct principles of physical development and dress for women. About 1885 she became editor and proprietor of the Jenness Miller Monthly, in which she advocated her views. Mrs. Miller has given over one thousand lectures in the United States and Canada on physical culture and dress, and has designed a costume for women which she claims fulfils the requirements of both hygiene and art. Her books include: “Mother and Babe” (1892) and “Creating a Home” (1896).

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