How American Women Fought to Keep Their Maiden Names After Marriage

While it wasn’t necessarily illegal in the past for women to keep their maiden name in the U.S., many women ran into legal issues when they did, with employers refusing to comply or women not being ...

Here Are Places Women Can’t Take Their Husband’s Name When They Get Married

While women in the U.S. are increasingly keeping their maiden names, that’s nothing new just across the border. In Quebec, all women have been keeping their maiden names since 1981, whether they want ...
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Married women may revert to their maiden names in renewing passports —DFA

The Department of Foreign Affairs - Office of Consular Affairs (DFA-OCA) on Saturday said that married women who will renew their passports may now voluntarily revert to their maiden names. In an ...