Cable Act
9/22/1922
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Congress passed this citizenship act in 1922. It was introduced by Representative John L. Cable, a Republican from Ohio, to provide American married women "equal nationality and citizen rights" as men. In part, the Act guaranteed that the right of any women to become a naturalized citizen of the United States shall not be denied because of her sex. With this Act, American women who married foreign citizens were no longer expatriated (required to take the nationality of their husbands) unless they married “an alien ineligible for citizenship,” as per the exclusionary racial politics of the time.
It is Public Law 67-346, "An Act relative to the naturalization and citizenship of married women."
It is Public Law 67-346, "An Act relative to the naturalization and citizenship of married women."
This primary source comes from the General Records of the United States Government.
National Archives Identifier: 57140071
Full Citation: Public Law 67-346: An Act relative to the naturalization and citizenship of married women ('Cable Act'); 9/22/1922; Laws of the United States, 1922, 67th Congress, 2nd Session, Part 2, Public Acts 256-364; Enrolled Acts and Resolutions of Congress, 1789 - 2011; General Records of the United States Government, Record Group 11; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/cable-act, September 8, 2024]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.
