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From: dst@dst.boltz.cs.cmu.edu (Dave Touretzky)
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Subject: Re: Name Change After Marriage
Keywords: name change
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Date: 24 Aug 90 03:06:29 GMT
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In article <24409@megaron.cs.arizona.edu>, Beth Weiss says, about
a hypothetical Ann Jones changing her name after marriage:

> From a professional point of view, Ann has committed suicide.  She has
> lost all name recognition.  From a personal point of view, she's lost
> her _name_.

There is an alternative.  Some women maintain a fixed "professional" name
(usually their maiden name) under which they publish all their stuff.  Then
they are free to change their "legal name", the one they use socially, after
each marriage, divorce, religious conversion, etc.

-- Dave Touretzky