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Why Margaret Mead Kept Her Maiden Name

Why do women keep their maiden names? Some of us take the answer to that question for granted: Those names are the ones we were born with. Others go ahead and swap when they get married. I don't have a big political wind up for this one: It's a deeply personal choice, there are a lot of factors to consider, and if my maiden name was something I thought dreadful or dull, I might have jettisoned it. After all, ... (Read more in Double X.)