What is the story behind this?
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So, at least in western cultures, women traditionally actually REPLACED their surname, and came to belong to another family, right? Recently there have been several changes in this tradition, to the point that they stopped RENOUNCING their last name and started just ADDING their husband’s name… Can anyone say more or less when that was consolidated? When women stopped being “forced” to give up their surnames? It was in medieval times, in the XVII, XIX, or even XX century…?
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