Cable Act
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The Cable Act of 1922 (ch. 411, 42 Stat. 1021, "Married Women's Independent Nationality Act") was a United States federal law that partially reversed the Expatriation Act of 1907. (It is also known as the Married Women's Citizenship Act or the Women's Citizenship Act). In theory the law was designed to grant women their own national identity; however, in practice, as it still retained vestiges of coverture, tying a woman's legal identity to her husband's, it had to be amended multiple times before it granted women citizenship in their own right.
For the television-related statute, see Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984.
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Long title | An Act relative to the naturalization and citizenship of married women. |
Nicknames | Cable Act of 1922 |
Enacted by | the 67th United States Congress |
Effective | September 22, 1922 (at very bottom of page and on following pages) |
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Public law | 67-346 |
Statutes at Large | 42 Stat. 1021b |
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Acts repealed | Expatriation Act of 1907 |
Titles amended | 8 U.S.C.: Aliens and Nationality |
U.S.C. sections created | 8 U.S.C. ch. 9 §§ 367–370 |
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