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  2. Lucy Stone - Wikipedia

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    Women who continue to use their maiden name, after marriage, are still occasionally known as "Lucy Stoners," in the United States. [5] In 1921, the Lucy Stone League was founded in New York City by Ruth Hale , described in 1924 by Time as the "'Lucy Stone'-spouse" of Heywood Broun . [ 163 ]

  3. Famine (O'Flaherty novel) - Wikipedia

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    Martin Kilmartin - Aged 25 at novel's start, he is Brian's oldest surviving son. Mary Gleeson - Aged 19 at the novel's start, she is the wife of Martin. A beautiful woman with shining, black hair, she is the daughter of a weaver named Barney Gleeson. It is mentioned in the book that the women at that time kept their maiden name after marriage.

  4. Lucy Stone League - Wikipedia

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    The Lucy Stone League is a women's rights organization founded in 1921. [1] Its motto is "A wife should no more take her husband's name than he should hers. My name is my identity and must not be lost." [2] It was the first group to fight for women to be allowed to keep their maiden name after marriage—and to use it legally.

  5. Janet Flanner - Wikipedia

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    Noël Haskins Murphy. Janet Flanner (March 13, 1892 – November 7, 1978) was an American writer and pioneering narrative journalist [4] who served as the Paris correspondent of The New Yorker magazine from 1925 until she retired in 1975. [5] She wrote under the pen name "Genêt". [6][7] She also published a single novel, The Cubical City, set ...

  6. Alex Banta chose not to change her legal name after marrying in October 2019, citing a practical reason: as a therapist, all her qualifications and licenses were under her maiden name.

  7. Mina Harker - Wikipedia

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    Mina Murray (returning to her maiden name after having divorced her husband) is one of the lead characters of Alan Moore's and Kevin O'Neill's comic book series The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (1999-2019). She is a bisexual suffragist and leader of the titular team, and is involved in a romantic relationship with Allan Quatermain.

  8. “I’m Not His Property”: Netizens Tell Woman Not To Give Up ...

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    Bride-to-be struggles with decision to keep her maiden name or change it, finally asks internet for advice. The post “I’m Not His Property”: Netizens Tell Woman Not To Give Up Maiden Name ...

  9. Anita Loos - Wikipedia

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    During this time, Loos had filed for divorce from her estranged first husband. Emerson proposed marriage and they were married at the Schenck estate on June 15, 1919. Loos was among the first to join Ruth Hale's Lucy Stone League, an organization that fought for women to preserve their maiden names after marriage as she continued with hers.