MARRIAGE AND EXPATRIATION: When American Women Lost Their Citizenship Because of Who They Married.

The article recalls the history of the Expatriation Act of 1907, wherein women took their husband's nationality upon marriage, which created a combination of misogyny and xenophobia. It cites the case of Scottish singer Ethel MacKenzie, who was expatriated under the Act, and which stirred the suffrage movement and support for the repeal of the Act. It shows the effect of the Act on women's rights such as the right of Ruth Bryan Owen to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.