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This newspaper articles highlights certain developments for women's rights, including their ability to serve as county superintendents for school boards. The paper states that 13 Illinois women serve in their county school board and Myra Bradwell…

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…

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…