Change "Maiden name" to "former surname"
"Maiden" name is an outdated, gendered term. Let's get with the times and re-label that field to "former surname" so we're no longer referring to the individual's maidenhood.
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Katie Dolan
- Nov 20 2024
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This has been updated in web view - Maiden name in web view is now known as Former name. https://webfiles-sc1.blackbaud.com/files/support/helpfiles/rex/content/bb-constituent-names.html
We find that people change their surname for reasons other than the traditional 'woman getting married' and so having to record these changes under the term 'maiden name' is misleading and unhelpful