《 Lucy Stone, a 19th-century American suffragist and abolitionist, was inspired by African-American customs to keep her birth name after her marriage, signing her correspondence “Lucy Stone (only).” She faced challenge from legal officials who wouldn’t let her buy land without signing her husband’s name, which inspired her to seek legal assurance that there was, in fact, no law in existence that dictated she must do so. 》
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