11 авг. 2023 г. · No woman HAS to change her surname after marriage. It's an outdated custom with roots in treating a woman as her husband's possession. Over time ...

10 окт. 2024 г. · Women are no longer property so they have the option to keep their maiden name if they please.

15 окт. 2023 г. · Women in the United States are not required to change their surnames when they get married and a significant minority of US women choose to keep ...

14 дек. 2023 г. · Various reasons why women choose to change their last name or not. Some women prefer their last name, some women have built a career using ...

3 мар. 2023 г. · Essentially changing the last name means much more to women overall than it does to men. This doesn't seem to be a major issue for most women.

10 июн. 2022 г. · Because she is known by her maiden name professionally - such as a doctor, lawyer, actress, etc · Because she doesn't want to have to go through ...

19 июл. 2024 г. · As other answers noted, there is no “need” to change surnames at marriage in the US. Women are given the option of changing their surname at ...

22 окт. 2020 г. · It isn't a universal custom. In many parts of the world a woman doesn't change her name upon marriage. It is an expectation in SOME places.

6 авг. 2023 г. · Sometimes it may indicate a potential break in the marriage, but it could also be a purely professional move—like, if she is known in her field ...

27 авг. 2023 г. · In every state of the US, a woman has the right to any name she chooses, unless she seeks to use it to defraud anyone or avoid paying her debts.