Why do married women take their husband’s last name?

Question

Why do married women take their husband’s last name?

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Answer 1

This tradition is a hold-over from an early time in history when women were considered more like property than full human beings equal to men.

A girl was the property of her father (and therefore a member of her father’s household) until she was married, and then became the property of husband (and therefore a member of her husband’s household) after she married.