It is best remembered for Justice Bradley's concurring opinion: "[t]he natural and proper timidity and delicacy which belongs to the female sex evidently unfits it for many of the occupations of civil life.
It is best remembered for Justice Bradley's concurring opinion: "[t]he natural and proper timidity and delicacy which belongs to the female sex evidently unfits it for many of the occupations of civil life." However, the case was actually decided on a much narrower ground, which rested on the fact that married women could not sign legally binding contracts. FTP, name this 1871 Supreme Court case brought by a woman who was denied admission to the Illinois bar on account of her gender.
It is best remembered for Justice Bradley's concurring opinion: "[t]he natural and proper timidity and delicacy which belongs to the female sex evidently unfits it for many of the occupations of civil life.
{Bradwell} v Illinois