Myra Bradwell Helmer was born in Chicago , the only child of lawyers Frank Ambrose Helmer and Bessie Bradwell Helmer . Her grandfather James B. Bradwell was a prominent Chicago attorney and abolitionist ; her grandmother Myra Bradwell was a publisher and political activist in Illinois , founding editor of the '' Chicago Legal News '' in 1868 . Bessie Bradwell Helmer continued publishing the '' Chicago Legal News '' until 1925 , and rescued the publication 's subscription book from the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 . Helmer attended Mrs. Loring 's School in Chicago , and graduated from Vassar College in 1910
Great Chicago Fire
Great Chicago Fire
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