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The Quincy Daily Whig’s coverage of the seventh convention of the Illinois Press Association and covers the different events that occurred. In one section, the paper mentions that Myra Bradwell read “a wonderful little poem on the woman question.”…

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…

Bradwell printed the Equal Employment Law that she crafted and passed through the Illinois State Legislator. Interestingly, this legislation was ratified even before the Unites States Supreme Court had decided on her case. By lobbying the political…

This follow up article demonstrates Bradwell’s reaction and legal analysis of the United States Supreme Court’s opinion to Bradwell v. Illinois. After giving readers the chance to read both the Court’s majority and concurring opinion, Bradwell gives…

In this follow up article to Bradwell v. Illinois, the Chicago Legal News prints the additional opinions of other United States Supreme Court Justices. Justice Bradley’s opinion, outlined in blue, has gained the most attention from Bradwell’s case.…

Myra Bradwell printed the United States Supreme Court majority opinion of her case in this edition of the Chicago Legal News. Justice Miller, who wrote the majority opinion, first explains the details of the case, including how Bradwell was denied…