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Against her parents' wishes, Myra and James went to Chicago and eloped.[2] Bradwell's husband began studying the law, and she started a small private school. This time, the court specifically stated that Bradwell's gender was the reason for the denial.[7] Undeterred, Bradwell appealed this decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. After moving to Wisconsin, Eastman sought work as a lawyer but was turned down by a firm and a state agency.[16] In the meantime, Eastman became more involved in the suffrage movement. Although it seems that Eastman never worked as an attorney for the ACLU, she is nevertheless considered one of its founding mothers.[20] After the war, Eastman was the keynote speaker for the Woman's Freedom Conference in 1919, which she spearheaded. [Extracted from the article] |
