Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 269, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1914 — wife's name is Her Own in Kansas. [ARTICLE]

wife's name is Her Own in Kansas.

“A married woman fin Kansas is not compelled by law to take the name of her husband,” said Thomas W. Hare of Kansas City, Kan. Mr. Hare Is a lawyer. “A husband can take the name of his wife if he wants to,” continued Mr. Hare, “pr both can change names without even resorting to the courts or the Legislature. “This 1b the view of the AttorneyGeneral of Kansas, who says that the taking of the name of the husband by the wife seems to be a matter wholly of custom and not of law.”