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This newspaper article provides the details of Mary Todd Lincoln's imprisonment in an insane asylum and how the Bradwell couple fought for her freedom. President Lincoln's widow was committed to an asylum after a court found her to be insane. This…

The Bradwell School of Excellence in Chicago, Illinois was founded in 1889 and named after Myra Bradwell. Bradwell was an activist for education, as seen with her commitment to the Girls’ Industrial School, and this still functioning school was the…

This pen signed arguably one of the most famous documents in American history, the Emancipation Proclamation. Abraham Lincoln used this pen during his entire presidency, as the caption states. The pen was then gifted to Myra Bradwell by Mary Todd…

In this letter, Myra Bradwell contacts Abram Wakeman on behalf of Mary Todd Lincoln, seeking assistance in proving her sanity and leaving the "insane asylum." The widow of Abraham Lincoln was committed to the institution by her only living son,…

This article from The Daily Inter Ocean in Chicago shows the developments with The Soldiers’ Home, a program for veterans where Myra Bradwell served as Vice President. The organization helped pay expenses, such as medical or property bills, for…

The Daily Inter Ocean reported on developments from the Girls’ Industrial School that several local women, including Myra Bradwell, helped manage. The school offered classes to teach girls skills that they would need for the workforce, since women…

The death notice of Myra Bradwell from The Daily Inter Ocean serves as an demonstration of how not only her activism, but also her life on the whole, was perceived by the outside world. This eulogy captures all professional aspects and some personal…

In this letter to Bradwell, Robert Todd Lincoln shares his disappointment that aunt Elizabeth Edwards is too unwell to visit his mother at Bellevue Place. He asks Myra Bradwell to visit less often, bring no one to visit Mary Lincoln that he does not…

In this speech to women's rights advocates, the speaker celebrates Myra Bradwell's contibution to the movement with her legal intelligence. Even though there were deep divisions across the movement, like whether black suffrage should come before…

When the World’s Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago in 1893, a World’s Congress auxiliary was formed to manage the exposition. Many committees and subcommittees were formed to overview all potential gatherings within the city that were…