At 133 East 61st St., Manhattan, home of the New York Junior League, there was a debate. The judges were Ethel Barrymore, Alice Duer Miller and Frank Crowninshield, editor of Vanity Fair. The question was: Should a Woman Keep her Maiden Name after Marriage?
The two debaters were Mrs. Heywood Broun, who upheld the affirmative, and Mrs. J. Hartley Manners, who opposed her. Mrs Broun said: "When you are a girl of 21 or maybe 30 and get married, your past life flashes behind you as you are pronounced Mrs. So-and-So and you...
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