America's first woman lawyer : the biography of Myra Bradwell /: the biography of Myra Bradwell. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jane M. Friedman.
• Other Names: Friedman, Jane M
• Contents: Prologue: "Myra who?" -- On defying the Creator and becoming a lawyer -- "The cult of true womanhood": Bradwell's formative years -- "She is no more insane than I am": Bradwell secures the release of Mary Todd Lincoln from Bellevue Place Asylum -- "These letters could not be published": Bradwell's granddaughter disposes of the Bradwell-Lincoln correspondence -- The Chicago Legal News: the vehicle for reform -- "Disreputable shysters who now disgrace the profession": reform of the legal profession and judicial process -- "Petticoats instead of breeches": unlocking the gates of the legal profession to other nineteenth-century women -- "Uncaging Eve": Bradwell's contribution to the woman suffrage movement -- "Unfastening well the house door": the reform of other laws relating to women -- Epilogue.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Prometheus
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (240 pages)
• Subjects: B; 349.73/092 347.30092; Women lawyers -- Illinois -- Biography; Women's rights -- United States -- History; Women lawyers; Women's rights; Rechtsanwältin; Zulassung; Women lawyers -- Biography; Women's rights -- History; Illinois; United States; USA; Biographies; History; Biographies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781633886315
• Related ISBNs: 163388631X
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.