Congress passed this citizenship act in 1907. Part of the Act stated that “any American woman who marries a foreigner shall take the nationality of her husband.” This law remained in place until the 1922 Married Women’s Independent Citizenship Act, known as the Cable Act, passed two years after women gained the right to vote nationwide through ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment.
The Expatriation Act of 1907 is Public Law 59-193, “An Act in reference to the expatriation of citizens and their protection abroad.”
