first woman lawyer
Myra Colby Bradwell was the first woman lawyer in Illinois.
Born in 1831, she married James Bradwell, a law student who was accepted to the bar in 1854. At that time one could learn law by attending law school or studying it under the supervision of a practicing attorney.
From the President
Sue Straus
07/29/2009
Welcome to the latest newsletter from Working Women’s History Project (WWHP).
I invite all of you to join WWHP at our upcoming “Women and the Law” event. To get more details check out the article and flyer in the pages of this newsletter.
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VFA Wants You!
The Veteran Feminists of America (VFA) is a nonprofit organization composed of veterans of the second wave of feminism – the women’s movement of the 1960s and ‘70s. The goal of VFA is to honor and remember the spirit of and struggle for equality for women. In order to preserve the legacy of the movement, VFA is dedicated to recording histories, celebrating achievements and forging bonds between fellow activists. Most important, going forward, VFA aims to continue to fight on behalf of women and ensure that future generations understand the past and work to improve the future.
Studs Terkel 1912 -2008
copywright Chicago History Museum
Studs’s Work Is Carried On
by Joan McGann Morris
One of Chicago’s own, Studs Terkel passed away on October 31, 2008 at the age of 96, but his work will carry on. He was a journalist/ actor / radio host/ historian /writer and activist with a tape recorder. Working Women’s History Project, along with many other groups, owe a great debt to Studs for his example and great body of work, which masterfully used first hand interviews and oral history to chronicle the stories of ordinary people who have made a difference.
Chicago Labor & Arts Notes 16:2005
Chicago Artists Month
Contents:
1. Chicago Artists Month 2005
2. Glenwood Avenue Arts Festival
3. Iron Chef, Iron Schmeff: Meet the IRON POET!
4. Cross Border Labor Organizing:
2 Events hosted by UE
5. Call for Papers to Conference, Spring 2006
6. Luis Rodriguez speaking in Chicago Nov. 16 – 2
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Historic Town of Oakland Worth a Visit This Summer
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 23, 2004
Contact: Traci Montgomery, President 217-346-2016
Oakland Historical Foundation
Historic Town of Oakland Worth a Visit This Summer
Wednesday through Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
SEIU – Nation’s Largest Union Calls for End to U.S. Occupation of Iraq and Withdrawal of U.S. Troops
Nearly 4000 delegates of Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the nation’s largest with 1.6 million members, voted unanimously at the union’s national convention in San Francisco today to end U.S. occupation of Iraq and to bring U.S. troops stationed there home.
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Sharing Our Group History
Posted June 7, 2003
by Bobby Hall
The Working Women’s History Project
began as the Women & Labor History Project in 1996.
We launched our first theater project with Kathleen Miles’ “Come Along and Join” and an address by Karen Nussbaum, head of the new Working Women’s Department of the AFL-CIO. At this event we celebrated the birthdays of two beloved union women, Vickie Starr of the Packinghouse Workers and the Teamsters and Mollie West of the Typographical Union and Secretary of the Illinois Labor History Society.
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Rose Meyer’s Rigorous Review of Modern Times and
Things That Need Radical Repair Right Now
On the election of 2002
It time for the Monday morning quarterbacks to reflect on the election of 2002 (those who wish to panic may stop reading this now). But, first we need to ask the four questions -no, not those asked at a Seder at Passover – still just as important.
WHAT HAPPENED? WHY DID IT HAPPEN? WHERE DID IT HAPPEN?
WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?
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