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Per
your note to FEMINIST.COM,
I don't think it was ever illegal
for a woman to keep her maiden
name, however, as it is today,
I can't imagine it was ever
easy on the women who did. Lucy
Stone, a suffragette, kept her
maiden name and I know that
much attention has been brought
to this fact. This makes me
think that it was illegal at
one point--or it could just
be that she was "breaking with
tradition." In looking at women's
history, you will see many women
who had to take their husband's
name if they wanted to work--because
this is the only way that people
would take them seriously. There
is a great story about Mrs.
Frank Leslie, who kept her husband's
name "Frank Leslie" long after
he died. She was "the queen
of publishing row" and the only
way that she could mantain that
position was to fool some people
into thinking that she was a
"he." Good luck with your search.
—Amy
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