Forgotten America: Rediscovering Events That Changed the Nation

When Women Lost Citizenship Through Marriage (1x8)

Air date: Jan 01, 2025

Before 1922, a woman’s citizenship status in the United States was tightly bound to her husband’s. Here, become acquainted with activists Ethel Mackenzie and Ruth Bryan Owen and dig into the political and legal battles that ensued as both women tried to wrestle citizenship back from the federal government.