In my first campaign for Congress. in 1912. I advocated equal suffrage. I am now proud to advocate equal citizenship. An American male citizen does not lose his citizenship by marrying an alien. neither should an American woman lose her citizenship by marrying an alien. The womans citizenship should not be dependent upon her marital status. A married woman should be permitted to determine her own desire for citizenship and naturalization. The principle of independent citizenship for married women was indorsed by the Republican and Democratic platforms in 1920. That portion of the Republican platform referring to this question reads as follows:
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