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- Title
Kate Chase, the "Sphere of Women's Work," and Her Influence upon Her Father's Dissent in Bradwell v. Illinois.
- Authors
AYNES, RICHARD L.
- Abstract
The article discusses Kate Chase, who was the daughter of U.S. politician and Supreme Court Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, and the Supreme Court case Bradwell v. Illinois. The author argues that Kate may have influenced her father's decision on the case as it involved the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Salmon Chase's dedication to women's rights and rights for African Americans is discussed as is his political career as a U.S. Senator and secretary of the treasury. The case involved Myra Bradwell who passed the Illinois Bar examination but was denied membership because she was a woman, which effectively made the legal profession available only to men. Other topics include women's rights and concepts about femininity in the mid-19th century.
- Subjects
UNITED States; BRADWELL v. Illinois; UNITED States. Constitution. 14th Amendment; CHASE, Kate; CHASE, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873; BRADWELL, Myra, 1831-1894; WOMEN'S employment laws; WOMEN'S rights
- Publication
Ohio History, 2010, Vol 117, p31
- ISSN
0030-0934
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/ohh.2010.0005