Attitudes Toward Women's Marital Name Choices

Abstract Attitudes of more than 900 adult respondents toward women's choosing to retain their birth name as their last name when they marry are reported. The majority of respondents were tolerant ofa woman's keeping her birth name, but were not tolerant if the couple planned to have childr...

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Main Authors: Laurie K. Seheuble, David R. Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 1998-06-01
Series:Names
Online Access:http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/1520