1 ▁H ale ▁took ▁a ▁stand ▁with ▁the ▁U . S . ▁State ▁Department , ▁demand ing ▁that ▁she ▁be ▁issued ▁a ▁pass port ▁as ▁" R uth ▁H ale ", ▁not ▁as ▁" M rs . ▁Hey wood ▁Br oun ". ▁The ▁government ▁refused ; ▁no ▁woman ▁had ▁been ▁given ▁a ▁pass port ▁with ▁her ▁ma iden ▁name ▁to ▁that ▁time . ▁She ▁was ▁unable ▁to ▁cut ▁through ▁the ▁red ▁t ape , ▁and ▁the ▁government ▁issued ▁her ▁pass port ▁reading ▁" R uth ▁H ale , ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁Mrs . ▁Hey wood ▁Br oun ." ▁She ▁refused ▁to ▁accept ▁the ▁pass port , ▁and ▁cancel led ▁her ▁trip ▁to ▁France , ▁as ▁did ▁her ▁husband . ▁ ▁In ▁May ▁ 1 9 2 1 , ▁H ale ▁was ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁first ▁married ▁woman ▁to ▁be ▁issued ▁a ▁real ▁estate ▁de ed ▁in ▁her ▁own ▁name ▁for ▁an ▁a partment ▁house ▁on ▁Manh attan ’ s ▁Upper ▁West ▁Side . ▁Not ▁long ▁after ward , ▁she ▁was ▁chosen ▁to ▁be ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁Lucy ▁Stone ▁League , ▁a ▁group ▁she ▁founded ▁based ▁on ▁Lucy ▁Stone ' s ▁decision ▁to ▁keep ▁her ▁ma iden ▁name ▁after ▁marriage . ▁The ▁group ▁also ▁chose ▁Rose ▁F alls ▁Bres ▁to ▁serve ▁as ▁its ▁legal ▁coun sel . ▁Mrs . ▁Bres , ▁soon ▁to ▁be ▁named ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁National ▁Association ▁of ▁Women ▁Law y ers , ▁had ▁been ▁H ale ' s ▁lawyer ▁during ▁her ▁battle ▁with ▁the ▁State ▁Department . ▁Hey wood