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  Bradwell v. Illinois, 83 U.S. 130 (1872)
Bradwell, admitting that she was a married woman‑‑though she expressed her belief that such fact did not appear in the record‑‑filed a printed argument in which her right to admission, notwithstanding that fact, was earnestly and ably maintained.
Brad‑well brought the case here as within the twenty‑fifth section of the Judiciary Act, or the recent act of February 5th, 1867, amendatory thereto; the exact language of which may be seen in the Appendix.
Bradwell is a citizen of the United States, and of the State of Illinois, residing therein; she has been judicially ascertained to be of full age, and to possess the requisite character and learning.
www.soc.umn.edu /~samaha/cases/bradwell_v_illinois.htm   (2967 words)

  
 Bradwell v. Illinois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
State of Illinois, 83 U.S., was a United States Supreme Court case that solidifed the narrow reading of the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and determined that the right to practice a profession was not among these privileges.
Myra Bradwell applied for membership in the Illinois state bar in accordance with a state statute that permitted any adult of good character and with sufficient training to be admitted.
Bradwell appealed the decision to the United States Supreme Court, arguing that her right to practice law was protected by the Fourteenth Amendment.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bradwell_v._Illinois   (401 words)

  
 Bradwell Abbey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Bradwell Abbey is located in the north west of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, surrounded by the housing and industry that has developed since the creation of Milton Keynes in 1973.
The prior at Bradwell, William de Loughton, died of the plague in 1349 and so few were the potential replacements that a special Papal dispensation was given to enable a monk of illegitimate birth to be elected prior.
The priory of Bradwell adjoining to this parish, the site of which is now deemed extraparochial, was founded in the reign of King Stephen, for fl monks, by Manfelin, Baron of Wolverton: it was dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and was originally a cell to Luffield.
www.mkcdc.org.uk /page.cfm?pageid=bradwell   (1664 words)

  
 History - Bradwell on Sea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Bradwell on Sea is a quiet village on the northern edge of the Dengie peninsula sited where the River Blackwater meets the North Sea.
Bradwell was the base for these wildfowlers whose popular form of transport was a punt which was about10 feet in length fitted with an punt gun which sprayed shot over a wide area.
In 1941 Bradwell Bay was enlarged into a full airfield and was used as a fighter base for the remainder of he war.
www.burnham.org.uk /historicalbradwell.htm   (922 words)

  
 Myra Bradwell: America's first woman lawyer
Bradwell often used humor to make her point and felt that it was effective in the courtroom.
Bradwell and her husband participated in the organization of Chicago’s first woman suffrage convention and the founding of Cleveland’s American Woman Suffrage Association.
In 1890, Bradwell was admitted to the Illinois bar and in 1892, she received a license to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court.
momo.essortment.com /myrabradwell_rfxv.htm   (697 words)

  
 HOSTELLERS SAILING CLUB - Bradwell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
For many years the HSC was based in Bradwell Creek and this picture shows a couple of HSC members, one of them is Glyn C., who have rowed up the creek from the hard in the plywood tender we used to have.
Although Bradwell is not much further in a straight line from London than is Paglesham, it was quite a longer journey by road because the Essex lanes run like sailing boats tacking to windward, even though it fairly flat open countryside.
Bradwell power station has been a prominent landmark on the Essex coast for something like 40 years, in clear weather it guides you into the Blackwater estuary from as far away as the Gunfleet or the Wallet off Clacton.
www.btinternet.com /~sail/pic_bradwell.htm   (504 words)

  
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Bradwell a license to practice law on the ground that she was a woman.
Myra Bradwell, residing in the State of Illinois, made application to the judges of the Supreme Court of the State for a license to practice law.
Bradwell, admitting that she was a married woman  though she expressed her belief that such fact did not appear in the record  filed a printed argument in which her right to admission, notwithstanding that fact, was earnestly and ably maintained.
www.augustana.edu /users/podehnel/cases/BRADWELL.doc   (1440 words)

  
 NameTraq | Last Name: Bradwell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Faye Baker's Bradwell Institute Tigers made it to the Class AAAAA Final Four for the first time in her career, while it was BI's first trip to the semifinals...
Bradwell Institute's interim principal will serve as principal in the coming school year, the Board of Education voted during an executive session at their...
At his Bradwell home last night, The Power said he was still pondering whether to retire but admitted he may be swayed by the wealth of public support he had...
www.nametraq.org /Jan04/B/Bradwell.shtml   (871 words)

  
 The British Theatre Guide: Interview with Mike Bradwell
He is a man steeped in theatre but still enthusiastic enough after thirty-five years in the business to spend a couple of hours over a few glasses of red wine talking about his career and consistently allowing his deep love of theatre to shine through.
Bradwell has strong views on the qualities that he wants to keep after the move.
However, Bradwell is very proud that during 2002, three have the reached required standard and these formed the Naked Talent Season.
www.britishtheatreguide.info /otherresources/interviews/MikeBradwell.htm   (1317 words)

  
 Georgetown Law - Published Articles (GLH)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Bradwell successfully lobbied the Illinois General Assembly to require the Secretary of State and courts to furnish the News with laws and decisions on demand and to pass a law declaring publication in the News to be prima facie evidence of a law or decision's existence.
This act, and another drafted by Bradwell guaranteeing a widow a share of her deceased husband's estate regardless of the terms of her husband's will were passed in 1869.
In 1873, the Court affirmed the lower court's decision, ruling that admission to the bar is not one of the privileges and immunities of federal citizenship guaranteed by the 14 th Amendment.
www.law.georgetown.edu /glh/moschella.htm   (626 words)

  
 Bradwell (including Old Bradwell and Bradwell Abbey)
War memorials in Old Bradwell have been transcribed by Peter Quick, and published in a booklet titled "War Memorials and War Graves: Milton Keynes and Wolverton area, Volume 6", available from the Buckinghamshire Genealogical Society.
In the parish church is a monument for Sir Joseph Alston, of Bradwell Abbey, (in the adjoining parish of Wolverton,) who died in 1688: an ancient inscription, between the nave and chancel, shews that the church was dedicated to St. Lawrence.
The church of Bradwell was given, in 1275, to the priory of Tickford; the vicarage, which has been endowed with the great tithes, is now in the gift of the crown.
met.open.ac.uk /genuki/big/eng/BKM/Bradwell/Index.html   (1079 words)

  
 AERAS PrimeCare
Bradwell graduated Magna Cum Laude from Auburn University, obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree.
Bradwell joined Alabama Emergency Room Administrative Services, P.C., in July 2001, and has proven to be a vital asset as well as an established leader.
Bradwell is also a member of many organizations including the American Medical Association and the American College of Physicians.
www.aeras.com /directors/bradwell.asp   (172 words)

  
 Welcome to Bradwell Outdoors
The Bradwell area is a great teaching resource for biology, history and geography including; Coastal management and social movements.
Originally Bradwell delivered just sailing and canoeing activities, however, over the past ten years, other activities have been developed in line with client needs including the following; high ropes course, all terrain bikes, archery, problem solving activities, raft building, kite flying and crabbing.
Bradwell Outdoors attracts a wide variety of clients including primary and secondary schools, youth service groups, Prince’s Trust, Connexions, Scout and Guide groups as well as individual adults and children.
www.bradwelloutdoors.com   (260 words)

  
 British Nuclear Group - Bradwell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Bradwell Power Station, located in the South East of England is a twin Magnox reactor, now undergoing decommissioning following shutdown in March 2002 after 40 years of operation.
Key elements of the decommissiong plan include the scheduled removal and transfer of fuel from the reactors to Sellafield, the systematic and progressive reduction of the level of hazard, including the dismantling of facilities as they become redundant and the construction of purpose built facilties for the retrieval, processing, packaging and storage of operational wastes.
Bradwell was built on the edge of a former World War II airfield, one and a half miles from the Essex coastline.
www.britishnucleargroup.com /content.php?pageID=261   (400 words)

  
 Myra Bradwell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In 1869, Myra Bradwell, after reading law with her husband, Judge James Bradwell, passed the test for admission to the Chicago Bar, but was denied admission by the Illinois Supreme Court on the grounds that she was married.
The Illinois Supreme Court reversed its earlier decision in 1885 and directed that Myra Bradwell be granted a license to practice law.
Bradwell's subsequent career saw her establish The Chicago Legal News on a sound financial basis.
library.law.columbia.edu /rise_of_women/practice/myra_bradwell.html   (109 words)

  
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Born in Vermont in 1831, Myra Colby Bradwell married law student James B. Bradwell and settled in Chicago where James enjoyed considerable success as a lawyer, judge and legislator.
Bradwell launched her legal career in October 1868, establishing the first weekly edition of the Chicago Legal News.
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the refusal in 1873, in Bradwell v.Illinois, 83 U.S. Meanwhile the Illinois legislature opened all professions to women in 1872; Bradwell and Bradwell was made an honorary member of the state bar.
www.wsba.org /lawyers/links/proud/bradwell.htm   (358 words)

  
 BeenThere-DoneThat: The area around Bradwell, Essex.
This may be reached by turning down the lane next to the church in Bradwell village and following it to its end.
Bradwell's full name, Bradwell-on-Sea, is really a misnomer as the nearest water is over a mile away and that is the River Blackwater estuary not the sea.
A view of the River Blackwater from the Maldon to Bradwell road showing a Thames barge under sail heading for Maldon.
www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk /bradwell.html   (267 words)

  
 National Women's Hall of Fame - Women of the Hall
When Myra Bradwell passed the Illinois Bar Exam with high honors in 1869, her path was set on her road to becoming one of America's first woman lawyers.
Bradwell began her legal career with the 1868 establishment of the Chicago Legal News, which carried information about laws, ordinances and court opinions admissible as evidence in court.
Bradwell, publisher and editor, also used its pages and power to advocate for women's rights, speaking out for women's suffrage, and removal of property ownership rights by women.
www.greatwomen.org /women.php?action=viewone&id=26   (250 words)

  
 Information on Bradwell village - situated in Derbyshire and the Peak District   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Bradwell village is situated in north Derbyshire and the Peak District National Park, 2 miles from Hope, sheltering under the escarpment of Bradwell Edge and moors.
Bradwell, or Bradder also had a cottage industry producing optical instruments, telescopes, opera glasses and spectacles.
Bradwell retains the old Derbyshire custom of Well Dressing, which is normally carried in early August.
www.derbyshireuk.net /bradwell.html   (359 words)

  
 Bradwell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bradwell is the name of more than one place.
Bradwell in the District of Braintree, in Essex
Bradwell Waterside, also on the Dengie peninsula, in Essex
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bradwell   (122 words)

  
 Milton Keynes - Bradwell - Milton Keynes Housing - MKWeb
Milton Keynes - Bradwell - Milton Keynes Housing - MKWeb
Bradwell House hidden behind its high brick wall is a fine example of Georgian architecture.
Historical Bradwell Abbey is just the other side of the railway line.
www.mkweb.co.uk /Housing/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=4607   (391 words)

  
 Bradwell
Bradwell, in order to assist him in his work.
Bradwell’s application to be a lawyer was denied because she was a married
Bradwell was too busy working on the Legal News to re-petition the court.
www.chicagotribute.org /Markers/Bradwell.htm   (152 words)

  
 Bradwell Windmill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The New Bradwell Windmill was originally built on an acre of land purchased by Samual Holman in 1803.
Before Bradwell Mill was built people from the area probably relied on water mills on the Ouse or Bradwell Brook.
After which he was gibbeted for his crime and shortly afterwards the girl herself was found dead in one of the upper compartments of her father's mill.
clutch.open.ac.uk /schools/newbradwell00/windmill.html   (271 words)

  
 Information about Bradwell, from Stoney Ridge, which offers excellent bed and breakfast accommodation at Bradwell in ...
Bradwell's most famous son was probably Samuel Fox industrialist, benefactor and inventor of the umbrella frame.
Bradwell is reasonably well served by bus but the nearest rail station is two miles away at Hope.
Bradwell is located centrally in the Peak District between the Dark Peak and White Peak.
www.cressbrook.co.uk /hopev/stoneyridge/bradda.htm   (328 words)

  
 Prometheus Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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.
Now it is time for Myra Bradwell to assume her rightful place among women's rights leaders of the nineteenth century.
Friedman's accounts of Bradwell's fight to secure Mary Todd Lincoln's release from an asylum and her efforts on behalf of women's equality in various occupations are thoroughly absorbing, as are discussions of Bradwell's controversies concerning Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.
www.prometheusbooks.com /site/catalog/book_775.html   (334 words)

  
 Friends of the Earth: Campaigns: Climate: News: Bradwell Nuclear Station closes
Bradwell nuclear power station in Essex closed on Thursday 28 March.
Friends of the Earth and local residents were there to welcome the event - and to highlight the potential for wind power to fill the gap left by the closure.
Bradwell had been in operation for 40 years despite the fact that in 1990 the National Radiological Protection Board said that people living near Bradwell faced an "unacceptable risk of dying from cancer due to radiation exposure".
www.foe.co.uk /campaigns/climate/news/bradwell_mar_2002   (187 words)

  
 Bradwell 18   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
"The Bradwell is an 18 foot cruising yacht, offering to the owner more than usual comfort facilities and space found in boats of comparable size.
The drop keel allows the Bradwell to be trailed easily and launched with the minimum amount of effort and sits comfortably on most moorings.
The Bradwell 18 is recognised as an excellent boat designed by experts for the beginners and the next step up from dinghies and a good performer for the experienced cruiser sailor."
www.bradwell18.org.uk /index.html   (186 words)

  
 GENUKI: Bradwell, Derbyshire
A Transcription (including an index) of the Census for Bradwell, 1851 is available amongst Marjorie Ward's North West Derbyshire Sources.
Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Bradwell (with Abney, Abney Grange, Hazlebadge) by Ann Andrews.
The parish of Bradwell was formed on 5th August 1875 from the parish of Hope.
www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/DBY/Bradwell   (616 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Under the Southern Cross: Soldier Life With Gordon Bradwell and the 31st Georgia Infantry: Books: Isaac ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
We learn from his remarkable story that Bradwell was for a brief time a member of Stonewall Jacksons "Foot cavalry," later among the Confederate infantry making the deepest penetration into the North during the Gettysburg Campaign, and part of the last of Lees army to leave enemy soil after the Gettysburg invasion.
After fighting in the unsuccessful attack on Fort Stedman at Petersburg in 1865, Bradwell was one of the last to evacuate the Rebel defenses.
It is well-organized in content and truly a remarkable record of the Civil War written from the perspective of a Private in the Confederate army who was educated and had the ability to put his insights down in excellent form.
www.amazon.com /Under-Southern-Cross-Bradwell-Infantry/dp/0865546673   (845 words)

  
 Myra Bradwell Award   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Myra Bradwell Award is presented to an MWL member who expresses the highest ideals of the legal profession and who possesses the qualities exemplified by Myra Bradwell such as courage, perseverance, and leadership on issues of concern to women.
Her application was denied by the Illinois Supreme Court, first on the grounds that she was a married women, and finally on the grounds that she was a woman.
Bradwell was finally admitted to the Illinois bar in 1872, at which time she was already a success in the legal community, was publishing the Chicago Legal News, and was actively campaigning for the removal of women's legal disabilities.
www.mwlawyers.org /MWLInitiatives/AnnualAwards/MyraBradwellAward.htm   (276 words)

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