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Originally Posted by LianneMigiano
Feminists fought for the right to keep their maiden name way back in the 1970's. I've not seen "most" young women keep their maiden name - even today! I wish that were true - so that it would have been worth the fight way-back-when. It took a considerable amount of time for it to be "acceptable" to do so. Four children, and several decades into marriage made me change my mind, but I still wish that I had been brave enough back when it wasn't "acceptable"!
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Originally Posted by Nana2Teddy
I should have said many rather than most, but thankfully my daughter and daughter-in-law both made the wise decision to keep their maiden names.
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If my daughter gets married, I hope she keeps her birth name ... & I hope she never hears the words "Maiden Name". In the 21st Century, it sounds insulting and derogatory to me.
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