RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Abraham Lincoln helped her to start her first law practice
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She became a law professor at Boston University
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Illinois refused to give her a license to practice law
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In Bradwell v. Illinois (1873), Bradwell’s lawyers argued to the Supreme Court that Illinois violated Bradwell’s rights under the Privileges and Immunities Clause of the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment when it denied Bradwell a license to practice law. In an 8-1 decision, the Court disagreed.
Detailed explanation-2: -Illinois constitutionally denied law licenses to women, because the right to practice law was not one of the privileges and immunities guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. Illinois Supreme Court affirmed.
Detailed explanation-3: -All Myra Colby Bradwell wanted to do was become a lawyer. In an era when women make up about 40% of practicing attorneys, this would seem to be an achievable goal. But when Myra, born in 1831, passed the Illinois Bar exam in 1869, she was promptly denied the right to practice law by the Illinois Supreme Court.
Detailed explanation-4: -In November 1880, Belva Lockwood became the first woman to argue before the Supreme Court when she appeared in Kaiser v. Stickney, 102 U.S. 176 (1880).