About Should I Change My Name? The Impact of Your Last Name on Identity, Marriage, and Happiness:
Should I Change My Name? The Impact of Your Last Name on Identity, Marriage, and Happiness is an historical and cultural investigation into why married women delete their names in our country, since most women in the world do not. Why did this practice ruffle the feathers of the suffragists? If 30% of US women keep their maiden names, and that number is growing, why do some men accept this trend and others don’t? What about children and their names? Dr. Morgan discusses the stories from heterosexual and same-sex couples about their name decision, what worked/didn't work for them including the challenges and regrets, and reveals the six common last name options (hyphenating, changing names, adding name as middle name, etc.). If you are interested in women’s history or are getting married soon, you won’t want to miss this presentation and book signing!
Author Bio:
Author Marcia K. Morgan, Ph.D., brings a wealth of experience from over 40 years as a sociologist/criminologist, researcher, trainer, and national expert on gender issues. Her passion is helping to give women a voice and has appeared on numerous national television, radio, and podcast programs.
Dr. Morgan has consulted with many agencies including the US Department of Justice, the Pentagon and was selected to represent the United States in Italy at the NATO conference on victimization. In 1976, she and a colleague developed the ground-breaking forensic tool, the anatomically-correct dolls, now used worldwide to interview victims of child sexual abuse. She initially made her mark heading up one of the first all-female law enforcement rape investigation programs in the US.
Marcia is an author of numerous books and articles, translated into multiple languages, on gender and crime. She is excited to look at gender from a different perspective in her new book on marriage and surnames.
Marcia and her husband, Andy Jordan, and yellow lab “Farfel” live in Bend, Oregon.