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Women's Law ProjectMission: The Women's Law Project creates a more just and equitable society by advancing the rights and status of all women throughout their lives. To this end, we engage in high-impact litigation, advocacy, and education. Learn more about WLP.
Want to make a contribution to the Myra Bradwell Fund? | The Myra Bradwell FundPRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For More Information: Women’s Law Project Launches Myra Bradwell Fund
Philadelphia, PA (March 25, 2008) – The Women’s Law Project has launched a new fundraising effort entitled the Myra Bradwell Fund. The Fund honors Myra Bradwell who, in 1869 after reading law with her husband, Judge James Bradwell, passed the test for admission to the Chicago Bar. She was denied admission by the Illinois Supreme Court on the grounds that she was married. She took her case to the U.S. Supreme Court which upheld the Illinois decision on the basis that the nature which belongs to the female sex makes it unfit for certain occupations of civil life. Between 1868 and 1885 when the Illinois Supreme Court reversed its earlier decision and directed that Ms. Bradwell be granted a license to practice law, Ms. Bradwell published the Chicago Legal News. “While women today are accorded a wider variety of freedoms than was Ms. Bradwell,” said Carol Tracy, Executive Director of the Women’s Law Project, “we at the Law Project see everyday the harmful and hurtful ways that women are abused, held back, and denied full respect in employment, sports, health care, and the courts.” The Myra Bradwell Fund offers donors the opportunity to contribute $1000, $2500, $5000, or $10,000 for the Law Project’s annual fund. Individuals who contribute between now and June 30, 2009 will be considered Founding Members in perpetuity. Annual membership in the Myra Bradwell Fund is a leadership commitment to the work of the Law Project. It means no less than preserving and enhancing our ability to defend and advance women’s rights in critical areas of reproductive rights, violence against women, gender equity, family law/family court reform, welfare reform/health care reform, and civic engagement. The Women’s Law Project has received a $35,000 challenge grant from the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. To meet this challenge, the Women’s Law Project will secure a minimum of 20 members for the Bradwell Fund and raise a minimum of $35,000 in 2008. This challenge was made possible through the recommendation of Linda and David Glickstein. -END- |
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