Independent Citizenship For Married Women
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Title
Independent Citizenship For Married Women
Description
Pamphlet promoting the Principle of Independent Citizenship for Married Women and detailing the Curtis, Rogers, Johnson, and Shortridge bills.
"In a study carried out under the Carnegie Foundation the replies from THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY JUDGES exercising jurisdiction in Naturalization Courts WERE TWO TO ONE IN FAVOR OF NATURALIZING WOMEN AS INDIVIDUALS and practically TWO TO ONE IN FAVOR OF ALLOWING AN AMERICAN WOMAN TO RETAIN HER CITIZENSHIP REGARDLESS OF MARRIAGE TO AN ALIEN."
"In a study carried out under the Carnegie Foundation the replies from THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY JUDGES exercising jurisdiction in Naturalization Courts WERE TWO TO ONE IN FAVOR OF NATURALIZING WOMEN AS INDIVIDUALS and practically TWO TO ONE IN FAVOR OF ALLOWING AN AMERICAN WOMAN TO RETAIN HER CITIZENSHIP REGARDLESS OF MARRIAGE TO AN ALIEN."
Source
M 86 Box 1, Roberta Wellford Collection of Women's Rights Ephemera 1915-1956, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
Date
1921 - 1922
Contributor
Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
Rights
This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
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Citation
“Independent Citizenship For Married Women,” Social Welfare History Image Portal, accessed April 27, 2024, https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/92.