America's First Woman Lawyer: The Biography of Myra Bradwell
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This biography of Myra Bradwell brings long overdue attention to a woman who deserves to be ranked among the leading women's rights advocates of nineteenth-century America.During her lifetime, Myra Bradwell (1831-1894) - America's "first" woman lawyer as well as publisher and editor-in-chief of a prestigious legal newspaper - did more to establish and aid the rights of women and other legally handicapped people than any other woman of her day. Her female contemporaries - Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone - are known to all. Now it is time for Myra Bradwell to assume her rightful place among women's rights leaders of the nineteenth century. With author Jane Friedman's discovery of previously unpublished letters and valuable documents, Bradwell's fascinating story can at last be told.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1633886301
ISBN13:9781633886308
Release Date:October 2019
Publisher:Prometheus Books
Length:232 Pages
Weight:1.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
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Unique book - a must read for every woman, especially every woman lawyer
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
This book is a must read for every single woman, especially every woman lawyer. It should be included in the list of books law schools recommend to incoming law students. Incredible story, incredible research by the author into the experiences of Myra Bradwell. This should become a household name. It should be commonly known that Myra Bradwell aided in the release of Mary Todd Lincoln from the insane asylum to which her son Robert Todd Lincoln had committed her.
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