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Editorial
May 23, 1934
The Bismarck Tribune
Bismarck, Mandan, Burleigh County, Morton County, North Dakota
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Congress passed a bill this spring removing discrimination in nationality laws, allowing American women married to aliens to transmit citizenship to their children, aligning with the equal suffrage amendment after years of inertia.
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Almost unnoticed amid the press of more spectacular events, a bill won the approval of congress this spring extending still further the equality of men and women in American law.
This bill removed all discrimination against women in the nationality laws. Heretofore an American man who was married to an alien woman, and who had children in some foreign country, could transmit his American citizenship to those children; but an American woman married to an alien could not.
This bill removes that limitation. and also straightens out one or two other little kinks in the laws to put women on an equal footing with men.
Such changes became logical the moment we passed the equal suffrage amendment. That it took so long to get them through simply reflects the power of inertia in such matters, for there was never any valid objection to them.
That the changes have at last been made is a victory for democracy,
Almost unnoticed amid the press of more spectacular events, a bill won the approval of congress this spring extending still further the equality of men and women in American law.
This bill removed all discrimination against women in the nationality laws. Heretofore an American man who was married to an alien woman, and who had children in some foreign country, could transmit his American citizenship to those children; but an American woman married to an alien could not.
This bill removes that limitation. and also straightens out one or two other little kinks in the laws to put women on an equal footing with men.
Such changes became logical the moment we passed the equal suffrage amendment. That it took so long to get them through simply reflects the power of inertia in such matters, for there was never any valid objection to them.
That the changes have at last been made is a victory for democracy,
What sub-type of article is it?
Feminism
Suffrage
Legal Reform
What keywords are associated?
Sex Equality
Nationality Laws
Women's Citizenship
Equal Suffrage
Legal Discrimination
What entities or persons were involved?
Congress
American Women
American Men
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Extension Of Sex Equality In Nationality Laws
Stance / Tone
Supportive Victory For Democracy
Key Figures
Congress
American Women
American Men
Key Arguments
Removes Discrimination Against Women In Nationality Laws
American Man Could Transmit Citizenship To Children With Alien Wife, But American Woman Could Not
Changes Logical After Equal Suffrage Amendment
Delayed By Inertia, No Valid Objections
Victory For Democracy