Background
Bradwell, James B. was born on April 16, 1828 in Loughborough, England. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Gutteridge) Bradwell.
Bradwell, James B. was born on April 16, 1828 in Loughborough, England. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Gutteridge) Bradwell.
Came with parents to the United States when 16 months old. Reared on farm; educated in log school houses, at Wilson’s Academy, Chicago, and at Knox College.
Admitted to bar, 1852. Elected, 1861, and re-elected, 1865, judge of the Cook County Court. Member Illinois legislature, 1873-1875.
Prominently identified with the movement for equal rights to women.
Invented a process for making halftones. Was Chairman of Commission World’s Congress Auxiliary on Congress of Photographers.
Delegate Universal Congress of Lawyers and Jurists, Saint Louis, 1904.
Mason.
Married Myra Colby, 1852 (died February 1894).