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The majority of women in this country change their name when they get married.  Carrie Sloan of Elle Magazine recently wrote about this issue and quoted an Indiana University study showing how 70% of Americans think that women should change to their husband's name when they get married. Laura Hamilton, one of the lead authors of the survey, …

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About 90% of women in the United States elect to change their last name when they get married. I have pondered recently what’s behind this unanimity in marital name changing in the United States. In fact, I conducted my own survey and reached a similar conclusion. Over 90% of my survey respondents indicated they changed their name when they married. …

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