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Losonci Rose and Rose v. Switzerland challenged a prohibition on foreign men married to Swiss women keeping their surname if this option was provided in their national law, an option available to women. [82] Ünal Tekeli v. Turkey challenged prohibitions on women using their surname as the family name, an option only available to men. [83]
Palmetto Leaves is a memoir and travel guide written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about her winters in the town of Mandarin, Florida, published in 1873.Already famous for having written Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), Stowe came to Florida after the U.S. Civil War (1861–1865).
In 1922 the Florida Federation of Women's Clubs, organized in 1895, had 180 clubs with about 10,500 members. [8]: 76 Babson Park Woman's Club, Babson Park, FL, NRHP-listed; Bee Ridge Woman's Club, Sarasota, FL, NRHP-listed; Boynton Woman's Club, Boynton Beach, FL, NRHP-listed; Bradenton Woman's Club, Bradenton, FL, NRHP-listed
1924, the club established a revolving loan to help women attend college. [5] During World War II, the club bought enough war bonds that they had a bomber named after them. [6] In 1969, former club president Virginia S. Young became Fort Lauderdale's first and so far only female mayor. In 2007 the club elected Alice Sakhnovsky as the club's ...
In one of her books about Southern culture, Marlyn Schwartz reports that it has long been common for southern families to use family surnames as first names. [14] The Baby Name Wizard author Laura Wattenberg explains that the practice became popular in the early 20th century as poor immigrants chose names they associated with the sophistication ...
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Vermont: Married women were granted separate economy and trade licenses. [4] Nebraska: Married women granted separate economy, trade licenses, and control over their earnings. [4] Florida: Married women were given the right to own and manage property in their own name during the incapacity of their spouse. [4] 1882. Lindon v.
"Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live" by Susan Morrison (Random House), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available February 18 Doctor calls Trump's vaccine order "theater ...