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Myra Colby Bradwell (February 12, 1831 – February 14, 1894) was an American publisher and political activist. She attempted in 1869 to become the first woman to be admitted to the Illinois bar to practice law, but was denied admission by the Illinois Supreme Court in 1870 and the United States Supreme Court in 1873, in rulings upholding a separate women's sphere. [1]
State of Illinois. Myra Bradwell (born February 12, 1831, Manchester, Vermont, U.S.—died February 14, 1894, Chicago, Illinois) was an American lawyer and editor who was involved in several landmark cases concerning the legal rights of women. Myra Colby grew up in Portage, New York, and from 1843 in Schaumburg township, near Elgin, Illinois.
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Myra Bradwell and the Chicago Legal News. In the mid-1850s, Myra Bradwell learned the fundamentals of the legal profession from her husband so she could help run the law practice he opened in Chicago, Illinois. Bradwell's interest in the legal field expanded when she founded and became the first woman to edit a nationally circulated legal ...
Learn about Myra Bradwell, a pioneer woman lawyer, publisher, and reformer in the U.S. Learn how she fought for women's rights, founded a legal newspaper, and challenged the Illinois Supreme Court's decision to deny her admission to the bar.
May 14, 2018 · Myra Bradwell was born Myra Colby on February 12, 1831, in Manchester, Vermont. She was the youngest of five children of Eben and Abigail Willey Colby. Both parents were descendents of Boston settlers and were active abolitionists. Shortly after Bradwell's birth, the family moved to Portage, New York, where they lived until 1843.
Myra Bradwell. Bradwell v. State of Illinois, legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on April 15, 1873, ruled (8–1) that the Illinois Supreme Court did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment when it denied a license to practice law to reform activist Myra Bradwell because she was a woman. The case of Bradwell v.
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Spector, Robert M., ‘ Woman Against the Law: Myra Bradwell's Struggle for Admission to the Illinois Bar ’, Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, lxviii (1975) 233 Google Scholar (Spector calls this possibility the ‘determining reason’ for the rejection of Bradwell's application) [hereinafter: Spector, ‘Woman Against the Law'].
