April 15, 1873: The Supreme Court allows Illinois to block Myra Bradwell from practicing law just because she’s a woman. In a 2011 reenactment of the case, RBG rules for Bradwell. “The paramount destiny and mission of women are to fulfill the noble and benign offices of wife and mother. This is the law of the Creator.” —Justice Joseph P. Bradley, in a concurrence in Bradwell v. Illinois “The method of communication between the Creator and the jurist is never disclosed.” —RBG, brief to the Supreme Court, 1972
