National Womens Trade Union League. Womens Christian Temperance Union. Briefly. the change from the present status regarding citizenship for women would be as follows: (a) It would permit alien married women- who are desirous and are qualified to become American citizens to apply for naturalization. (b) It would change the present law. which confers citizenship. upon an alien woman by reason. of marriage. with. Rna American citizen and require a residence of one year within the United States. filing a petition. and compliance with all the requirements of the naturalization laws as to qualifications. and so forth. for citizenship. (c) It would preserve the status as a citizen of an American woman who marries an alien. unless she formally renounced it before a court having jurisdiction over naturalization of aliens or lived for two years in the country of her husbands allegiance or for five years in any other foreign country. The last two are the same presumptions as now apply to naturalized citizens of the United States. If an American woman married an alien who is ineligible for citizenship. she would cease to be a citizen. The bill further provides for the naturalization of a woman who has heretofore lost her citizenship because of marriage to an alien but who was eligible to citizenship. The status of children is not affected by the provisions of the new bill. As before. those born here are citizens of the United States regardless of the allegiance of the parents. those born abroad take the nationality of the father.
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