Birth Quote by Gloria Steinem

The vast majority of women who marry still take their husband's name. And I'm not vilifying that behavior! But that's a pattern where women…

— Rebecca Traister

There are those women who degrade the name of women, and there are men who degrade the name of women. But for the most…

— Shaggy

When my daughter went to school, her last name was mine. The school insisted that her father's name be added to hers, not her…

— Mahesh Manjrekar

I think about how truly interesting and odd it is that when a woman marries, traditionally she loses her name, becoming absorbed by the…

— A.M. Homes

More is required than a common last name to truly be called a family.

— Wes Fesler

“Women Ain't Hood Ornament (The Sonnet) Why should women have to give up, Their name when they get married, As if they are not…

— Abhijit Naskar

A wife should no more take her husband's name than he should hers. My name is my identity and must not be lost

— Lucy Stone

“It is good practice to never fault someone for their birth name, being that it is always of far greater importance how men speak…

— Steven J. Carroll

I was named after my mother's maiden name.

— Sprague Grayden

“Why should women have to give up their name upon marriage, as if they are nothing but hood ornaments to their husbands! And why…

— Abhijit Naskar

I don't think it's at all weakening of the system if people with the same last name put themselves forward to the electorate, when…

— Hillary Clinton

“In our time, Universalism as such, like a spinster lady late in life, took a husband, and although they agreed to hyphenate their married…

— Max Coots