The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1922-10-12
CITIZENSHIP NOT
LOST BY MARRIAGE
WIVES NEITHER LOSE NOR GAIN
CITIZENSHIP THROUGH HUS-
BANDS UNDER NEW LAW
New Naturalization Laws Went Into
Effect Last Month that Affect the
Status of Alien Women Differently
from Old Law; Explanation of Pro-
visions of New Statute.

New naturalization laws went into
effect September % which are of
much interest to women. At the
time the act was before the president
for signature there was a session of
the naturalization court in Butte.
The wives of those naturalized on or
before September 20 are not affected
by the new ruling. The wife and
family in such cases take the status
of the husband and father. In the
case of those naturalized on the 23d,
however, this rule does not apply.
Richard X. Campbell explains the
provisions of the new law as follows:
"By an act of congress approved
September %, 1922, it is provided
that after that date the citizenship
status of a married woman shall no
longer follow that of the husband,
and that thereafter a married woman
shall have the privilege of becoming
n~aturalized on her own account.
"The two principal classes of mar
ried women specifically referred to
in the above legislation, with the
means each class must take in order
to acquire American citizenship, are
described below:
Gan alien woman marrying an
American citizen after the passage
Of the above act or any woman whose
husband is n~aturalized after said
act.
"She may become ~naturalized by
filing the usual petition for natural
ization and complying with all rel
quirements of the naturalization
10 ny rrifh fh1 fo1Iar{ox uoor+;o-a,
(a) No declaration of intention re-
CURED; CD Only one years continu-
Gus residence in the United States,
Hawaii, Alaska or Porto Rico imme-
diately preceding the filing of her
petition required.
"a oma who, before the pas
sage of the above act, was an Ameri-
car citizen and lost her United States |
citizenship by marriage to an alien.
"She may become n~aturalized by
filing the usual petition for naturali-
cation and complying with all the
requirements of the naturalization
laws, with the following exceptions:
(a) No declaration of intention re-
quired; (b) Only one years continu- s
GUS residence in the United States, !
Hawaii, Alaska or Porto Rico imme- 7
diately preceding the filing of her +
petition required. (c) No certificate :
OF arrival required if during the con-
t1nuance of the marital status she +
have resided within the United >
States. !
IAN alien woman married to an i
alien at the time of the passage of f
the above act, or who thereafter mar +
ries an alien may become naturalized s
by complying with all the require
ments of the naturalization laws, in i
GLIDING declaration, five years con- c
residence, one year continu- II
GUS state residence, certificate of ar
if her entry dates from June 8
20, 1906, etc. Il
"The status of single alien women Fl
8 not affected by this law, and wom- T
IN of this class may continue as il n
he past to file declarations and Pc b
for the purpose Of becoming
laturalized. n
"The act referred to further pro- 2,
rides that no married woman whose Il
husband is not eligible to citizenship II
hall be ~naturalized during the conf
inuance of the marital status, and n
she herself must be eligible to n
citizenship. Eligibility for citizen W
hip is determined almost entirely q,
the question of whether the per- n,
Ons concerned are white persons or IL
persons of African nativity or Afri- D,
an Descent as provided by section bt
,169 revised statutes, and whether
he husband is disbarred from citi-
enship, because of withdrawal of e.
~eclaration of intention under the fl