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...early American suffragettes, Lucy Stone, refused to adopt her husband's name when she got married to Henry Blackwell in 1855, arguing that "my name is the symbol of my identity." Her name also became a rallying cry for other women who chose to keep their maiden names, though relatively few have done so until the past few years. Today growing numbers of married women are following in Lucy Stone's footsteps. Explains Pat Montandon, a San Francisco writer and former television moderator: "What is important about your own name is the psychology of being yourself instead...
...regard to their names, several organizations have been formed around the country, including Name Change in Newton, Mass., and the Center for a Woman's Own Name in Barrington, Ill. They explain, for example, that Hawaii is the only state that specifically requires a woman to adopt her husband's name. Under English common law, which prevails almost everywhere else, women may select any name they choose so long as they use it consistently and are not committing a fraud. In some states, however, specific agencies may require a woman to change her name through the courts. Cases...
...Democratic National Committee called the conference, authorized by the 1972 convention, in order to adopt a permanent charter for the party. If the delegates adopt such a charter, it will be subject to review at the 1976 convention...
...against the usurpation by federal courts and by bureaucrats of authority and responsibility lawfully vested in local school boards around our country. I have continually urged the Congress to express its opposition to judicial and bureaucratic tyranny by enacting strong and effective legislation. Occasionally, we have been able to adopt provisions in the form of amendments to various pieces of legislation which on their face would seem to have been sufficient to put an end to busing. And yet, after every such seemingly successful effort, the Congress has been surprised by a twisted judicial interpretation of its language or studied...
...years, Australia has been trying out-and rejecting-proposed national anthems. Among candidates of the distant past have been such forgettables as the Anthem on Queensland, The Cross and the Great White Star, Fling Out the Flag and Ave Australia. Some Aussies have jokingly suggested that the country should adopt as its national song The Australaise, a down-to-earth, Down Under version of the Marseillaise that is sung to the tune of Onward, Christian Soldiers. These are the words (and the blanks can be filled in according to taste and vocabulary...