A Practical Business Guide for American Women of All Conditions and Ages, Who Want to Make Money, but Do Not Know How

A Practical Business Guide for American Women of All Conditions and Ages, Who Want to Make Money, but Do Not Know How

Monograph on how for women to be financially stable

This is a "how to" monograph written in 1893 for “women of all conditions and ages, who want to make money, but do not know how.” During this time when women began to enter new spaces of the workforce once reversed for men, it would make sense to provide a guide on how to navigate new waters.
The author Etta Taylor refers to Bradwell’s success within the newspaper and law industry for readers to draw inspiration. Even though Bradwell initally lost her case to the Supreme Court, the author still recognizes her and the Bradwell family’s success in practicing law.
This reference shows that Bradwell’s impressive business career paved a way for women to earn their own wages and provide for themselves.

Taylor, Etta M.

New York Public Library, Microfilm Reel #
609, No. 4845

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1893

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The Law: - In April 1891 the Woman's Law Class of the University of the City of New York held the closing exercise for its first year. It has grown steadily since. But women have practiced law, lo these many years. Mrs. Myra Bradwell of Chicago, is said to have been the first woman in the United States to apply for admission to the bar. She was orginially a Vermont girl but has for 40 years resided in Chicago. She established the Legal News 25 years ago, and still publishes it. She is also a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, and two or three press associations and takes an active interest in the Illinois Industrial School for girls, and the Illinois Solider's Home. She was admitted to the bar after a gallant fight made in her behalf by Mat. Carpenter, but had previously been of great help to her husband, now Judge Bradwell, in preparing his cases for court. Her son Thomas is a lawyer, and her daughter Bessie was admitted to practice and then married Frank Helmer, also a lawyer. And the entire family not the law but also with the profits.

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