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* Real life inversions are discussed in [http://offbeatbride.com/2008/04/groom-changing-last-name this blog post]. |
* Real life inversions are discussed in [http://offbeatbride.com/2008/04/groom-changing-last-name this blog post]. |
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* Cheryl Cole of pop group [[Girls Aloud]] and judge on ''[[The X Factor]]'' was originally Cheryl Tweedy. She changed her surname, including for professional use, when she married Ashley Cole in 2006. She kept the name after their divorce in 2009 as she was already more famous as Cole than Tweedy. |
* Cheryl Cole of pop group [[Girls Aloud]] and judge on ''[[The X Factor]]'' was originally Cheryl Tweedy. She changed her surname, including for professional use, when she married Ashley Cole in 2006. She kept the name after their divorce in 2009 as she was already more famous as Cole than Tweedy. |
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* By the time Hillary married [[Bill Clinton]], she had already established herself as a successful lawyer and writer as Hillary Rodham. In the early years she kept that name, but when her hubby ran for governor of Arkansas, it was seen as [[Straw Feminist]] in the [[Deep South]] state for a woman to keep her maiden name and actually hurt his chances of winning the election. She compromised, using "[[Hillary Rodham Clinton]]" for publishing and law-practicing purposes and so has she been known ever since. |
* By the time Hillary married [[Bill Clinton]], she had already established herself as a successful lawyer and writer as Hillary Rodham. In the early years she kept that name, but when her hubby ran for governor of Arkansas, it was seen as [[Straw Feminist]] in the [[Deep South]] state for a woman to keep her maiden name and actually hurt his chances of winning the election. She compromised, using "[[Hillary Rodham Clinton]]" for publishing and law-practicing purposes and so has she been known ever since. As secretary of state, she was often called Hillary Clinton, and her 2008 (and 2016) campaign website was HillaryClinton.com. |
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** It is still a tradition in certain parts of the [[Deep South]] to not assign middle names to girls, with the ''expectation'' that she will keep her maiden name as a middle name after she marries. Therefore, it wasn't even seen as a compromise in the eyes of many voters, just, well, [[Department of Redundancy Department|expected]] (note that Hillary Rodham, being from [[The Windy City|Chicago]], ''was'' given a middle name: Diane). |
** It is still a tradition in certain parts of the [[Deep South]] to not assign middle names to girls, with the ''expectation'' that she will keep her maiden name as a middle name after she marries. Therefore, it wasn't even seen as a compromise in the eyes of many voters, just, well, [[Department of Redundancy Department|expected]] (note that Hillary Rodham, being from [[The Windy City|Chicago]], ''was'' given a middle name: Diane). |
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* Annie Mae "Tina" Turner kept her married name after divorcing Ike, enduring the bad memories attached to it, for business purposes. It worked, however, as she brought far more good to that name than Ike ever did. |
* Annie Mae "Tina" Turner kept her married name after divorcing Ike, enduring the bad memories attached to it, for business purposes. It worked, however, as she brought far more good to that name than Ike ever did. |
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