# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/myra-bradwell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:27:52.186Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/myra-bradwell"
name: "Myra Bradwell"
slug: "myra-bradwell"
description: "Myra Colby Bradwell was an American publisher and political activist. She attempted in 1869 to become the first woman to be admitted to the Illinois \nbar to practice law, but was denied admission by the Illinois Supreme Court in 1870 and the United States Supreme Court in 1873, in rulings upholding a separate women's sphere. Bradwell had founded and published Chicago Legal News from 1868, reporting on the law and continued that work. Meanwhile, influenced by her case, in 1872 the Illinois legislature passed a state law prohibiting gender discrimination in admission to any occupation or profession."
tagline: "American publisher and political activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mrs._Myra_Bradwell.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1831-02-12"
deathDate: "1894-02-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.47
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.083046666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Майра Бредвелл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "ميرا برادويل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ميرا برادويل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myra_Bradwell"
    title: "Myra Bradwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myra_Bradwell"
    title: "Myra Bradwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myra_Bradwell"
    title: "Myra Bradwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myra_Bradwell"
    title: "Myra Bradwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myra_Bradwell"
    title: "Myra Bradwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myra_Bradwell"
    title: "Myra Bradwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6948094"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump