Lucy Stone League

Herausgegeben:Miller, Frederic P.; Vandome, Agnes F.; McBrewster, John

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Lucy Stone League is a women s rights organization founded in 1921. Its motto is "My name is the symbol for my identity and must not be lost". It was the first group to fight for women to be allowed to keep their maiden name after marriage and to use it legally. It was among the first feminist groups to arise from the suffrage movement to gain attention for seeking and keeping individual rights. The group took its name from Lucy Stone the first woman in the United States to carry her birth name through life, despite her marriage in 1855. The group held its first meetings, debates and functions at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City. The New York Times called them the "Maiden Namers". The founder of the Lucy Stone League was Ruth Hale, a New York City journalist and critic. The wife of New York World columnist Heywood Broun, Hale challenged in federal court any government edict that would not recognize a married woman by the nameshe chose to use. Her first battle was to get a passport issued to her by the U.S. State Department in her own name

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• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 76
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786131656255
• ISBN-10: 6131656258
• Artikelnr.: 29777447