Reply To: Keeping your maiden name

I think it is easier for some female professionals to retain the name under which they were licensed if they were not married at the time. What I find odd is the woman who refuses to take her husband’s name because she feels it is oppressive to take the name of a male, when in fact her maiden name is her FATHER’S name (and if she went by her mother’s maiden name, that would be her maternal GRANDfather’s name). We just can’t win. I personally was very proud and happy to take my husband’s last name.