WHAT THE WOMEN OF ILLINOIS ARE DOING.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 55, 12 July 1878, Page 2

WHAT THE WOMEN OF ILLINOIS ARE DOING.

("Victoria Magnaino.)' Of lawyers, Chicago- lias at least throe. Mrs Myro Bradwell wa« tho first lady lawyer in that State. Sho is tho editor of tho Chicago Legal News,, whioh is m awtuority nil oyeir tho north«wost. Tho benuty of its typographical execution in a natural roswltof * the womim in printing,' ntul tho pnrtnorship of .Italgo And Mrs JJrudwcll in tho legal protesjjion is a rol'u« tion of some popuhn objections to 'woman out of bor sphere,' Miss Alta JVI. Huloti,. ot Chicago,, who- died of consumption in California whero *ho went for her health, whh a young lawyer of noblo promiso. Sho was admitted to tho Imr bofoio s!:o was nineteen,, and ut tho a#o of twentythrac hod attained an cnviablo ropvitniiou, nad n practice- uuvountinj; to lluco thousand dollars a year.. A nutnlte" ot ynun^ woman a»o studying law, nn.l Missos Puny an 4 A&avtiu nro in wiccosslul praotioo in Chicago^ Of Minisioi'H thoro arc not h fow» Many of these aiw lic'ns^il ; but a still larger uumber, recognising tho two- fold, call of adaptation and suc<vss a» mofo injpoctaat than any m«-ro cclesitistical pornussioiiy go forth np.^x their gospel errand without oilu-ial snnctioiu Illinois hus a goodly nrrny of editors nnd jjOurnnliacH. Mur^'a ;•«>(, Uuolmuau Sullivaa undoubtedly .si;m.is at thohoad, ou account of her ability nut! position... Sucuh. Hubburd v tului'unbl.;

us tho literary nml scienUfifl oditor of the Chicago Tribune MiHaAnuio Kerr is book rovintrcr and fnnhion oditor of tho Timofl, nnd for hor florrices receives 2500 do'lars pnryftnr. Mrs Virginia Fitzgernld, ni> / editor of tho Tntor-Ocoan, and for (Mf>vt\\ yen*'* connootod with tho New ' Wrk Oommf reinl Advert ifler, ifl ono of the bcit, trained rnulino newspaper wo»*kors in tho city. WrH Dorrifik is of -the Post: Chnrlotto Smith in editor of the Islnnd Monthly ; Mrs Hayno of Curront Thou«ht.R, nnd Mrs Wnifo of tho CmBiuhr. Tt, would bo impossibio to onumornto tho lnr«o number of women pro-, tninont. in literary worlcr-««thor» of books. Jitorary correspondents, nnd tlio Htm larger okas who with stondy Aorneveranco nro doing cnrnoßt work m the quiet ot homo. A connirWftblo proportion ot woman nro cngiu^d in businosfl. Ono ot tho Inrftost. phot,ogrnphio houses in tlio West in owned and mnnngod by a womnn. Miss Ada B. Swo<»t, who 15 harol.v 23, is f.lio Pension Agent, nt, CluW. Since July, four ngonnins havo l)con consolidated into onp, nnd tho disbursemonlß amount to 600,000 dols, ft qnartor TheOovornmonthnfl not, boforo ontrwjort nny dinhursing oflleo to fl woman. Miss | Hwttot altonds poroonally to.tho acoonnts ( - nnd oorroßponflonce; nnd omnloyn from twelvo to fiftoon olorkfl. M.i«h «■ A - Eiohardfl, of Ohiongo, has beon ft very Bunaomfnl inanranoo broker for twnlvo venrs, six yeflrs in on inuurnnoe firm, nml «ix by horwlf. MiflH Wnito is ongngod in tho real estate businona in Ohicaao. A Jurgo numbor of young ladioa aro stiulying ntcwoßraphy, but fow as yet have bofiony* sliorthnnU roportcrn. About; l\> do tl/o work a? amanuensis, ftt salnnos of from GO to 100 doln. por month, Miss A lire C. Nnto 1»ob boon engaged ns niiorthand Court reporter for tho past two yonra, oommandine 1500 dol«, tlio flrfit year, and inernoHod profits tin* your us member of the firm of Scatea and