biography
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Bradwell, Myra
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née Colby
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| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1831–94)
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| biography:
| Lawyer and editor, born in Manchester, Vermont, USA. After marrying a lawyer, James B Bradwell, she studied law, originally to help her husband, but when she passed the bar exam (1869) she was denied admission. In 1868 she established the pioneer weekly Chicago Legal News. She successfully campaigned to persuade Illinois to grant everyone, irrespective of sex, access to professions (1882), and she was finally admitted to the bar (1892). She promoted woman suffrage and women's rights in general and helped secure the World's Fair for Chicago in 1893. |
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