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After Emancipation, black women married earlier and more often because they were legally free to do so for the first time, and that was true until after World War II. But middle-class white women married less and later.

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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 are truly still taking on their husbands’ identities.

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It’s important to remember that, while poverty certainly makes single life harder, it also makes married life harder – so much harder that single life might be preferable.

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May 25, 2024

It’s important to remember that, while poverty certainly makes single life harder, it also makes married life harder – so much harder that single life might be preferable.

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May 25, 2024

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 are truly still taking on their husbands’ identities.

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