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The XIV Amendment and Our Case
In this article, Myra Bradwell and an unnamed party explain their legal journey in appealing to both the Illinois Supreme and United States Supreme Court for the right as a woman to practice law. The piece sets forward the plaintiff’s actions and…
The XIVth Amendment and the Civil Rights Bill
In this brief article, Myra Bradwell discusses the Fourteenth Amendment and the Civil Rights Bill with specific focus on Justice Bradley’s opinion and decisions on such legislation. An important feature of this article is how Bradwell defines the…
Women Lawyers
In this section from the Chicago Legal News, the paper reprinted a statement from the American Law Review on the matter of women entering the profession of law. The legal news journal focuses on the development of women’s ability to access occupation…
The Slaughter-house Case
In this edition of the New National Era, weekly newspaper owned by and published for African Americans, a concerned African American questions the effects of the Slaughterhouse Cases. The Slaughterhouse Cases have often overshadowed Bradwell v.…
A Successful Woman's Paper
*Bottom of Column 6 * In this edition of the New National Era, weekly newspaper owned by and published for African Americans, the newspaper mentions the success of Myra Bradwell's newspaper. The articles sights the success of the Chicago Legal News…