Myra Bradwell
Title
Myra Bradwell
Subject
Law
Description
Pioneered the legal profession for women in the United States
Creator
Amy French
Source
Image: Mosher photo studio, c. 1870; Chicago Historical Society
Birth Date
1831
Birthplace
Manchester, Vermont, USA
Death Date
1894
Occupation
Attorney
Biographical Text
Bradwell pioneered the legal profession for women. She had been well known in the legal community as the editor of the wildly successful, Chicago Legal News. When she applied to the Illinois bar, she was denied twice. She took her case to the US Supreme Court, where she was also denied 14th amendment rights. After a long legal fight, she finally was able to practice law for two years, before she died of cancer in 1894. She was the first female attorney in Illinois.
Bibliography
Friedman, Jane. America's First Woman Lawyer: the Biography of Myra Bradwell. (Prometheus Books, 1993).
- Date Added
- June 12, 2014
- Collection
- Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences
- Item Type
- Person
- Tags
- 14th amendment, Chicago legal news, female attorney
- Citation
- Amy French, “Myra Bradwell,” Women Who Dared, accessed March 29, 2024, https://womenwhodared.omeka.net/items/show/42.