I think that is all I have to say, Mr. Chairman, and I suggest that Congressman Cable be permitted to proceed in his own way. Mr. CABLE. Mr. Chairman, I wish to thank you for the privilege of appearing this morning, and also in this manner to acknowledge the cooperation of members of this committee in the enactment of the original law of September 22, 1922, seeking to grant independent citizenship to women, as well as the two amendments of that act, namely, July 3, 1930, and March 3, 1931. I submit for your consideration American Citizenship Rights of Women, giving, in chronological form, the laws of the United States, the decisions of the various courts, and the rulings of the executive departments on the rights of women in the United States relative to or based on their citizenship, with the historical background. Senator Copeland, of New York, has been most effective in the passage of these laws by the Senate, and the women of America have expressed their appreciation and thanks for his work in assisting in placing on the statute books these laws now granting complete nationality and citizenship rights to women. In other words, women in America now have equal nationality and citizenship rights with men. Bills pending before the Committee relative to the citizenship of minor children, I trust, will receive favorable consideration. (The statement submitted by Mr. Cable is as follows:) AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS OF WOMEN By JOHN L. CABLE Member of the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization in the United States House of Representatives during the Sixty-seventh, Sixty-eight, Seventy-first, and Seventy-second Congresses. Member of the Bar of Ohio and the Supreme Court of the United States: 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter I. History of woman's rights.. II. Separate citizenship under the common law... - III. Trend toward the principle of national identity-- IV. The principle of national identity adopted absolutely. V. The battle for citizenship independence.. VI. Victory-The women's independent citizenship act. Résumé of the effect of marriage on the citizenship of women.... Page E. Married women's independent citizenship act of September 22, 1922-- F. Committee report on married women's independent citizenship act of I. Senate committee report on act of July 3, 1930- J. Act of March 3, 1931 (second perfecting amendment of the married women's independent citizenship act of September 22, 1922) – N. Married women's independent citizenship act, as amended- O. Right to terminate citizenship...-- P. Methods of terminating citizenship Q. Naturalization treaties between the United States and other countries_ |