DOC 2 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Myra Bradwell, Separate Spheres, Equal Protection Clause
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Myra bradwell applied for a license to practice law in illinois. The illinois supreme court agreed that she was qualified to practice law, but the. Separate spheres ideology allowed illinois to prohibit women from practicing law. She had enough experience justices said that she couldn"t have her license because only men could execute the law there should not be a mixing of gender in the workplace. Women"s admission to the bar isn"t protected by the fourteenth amendment. Section 1: all persons born or naturalized in the united states, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the united states and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the. United states; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
