Box 5

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Phyllis Michaux Papers contain materials amassed by the founder and first president of the Association of American Wives of Europeans (AAWE) concerning Americans living overseas and their citizenship rights. A series of subject files comprising letters and printed matter regarding overseas voting and citizenship rights is retained. An extensive series of case files for the Aldo Bellei Case is preserved. That particular legal case focused on the debate about the number of years American...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Phyllis Michaux Papers contain materials amassed by the founder and first president of the Association of American Wives of Europeans (AAWE) concerning Americans living overseas and their citizenship rights. A series of subject files comprising letters and printed matter regarding overseas voting and citizenship rights is retained. An extensive series of case files for the Aldo Bellei Case is preserved. That particular legal case focused on the debate about the number of years American...

Scope and Contents From the Series: These files pertain to the amicus curiae brief submitted by the Association of American Wives of Europeans (AAWE) (Paris, France) on behalf of Aldo Bellei in Rogers vs Bellei October Term, 1969.Aldo Bellei Challenged Section 301(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act which required five years of continuous residence in the United States between the ages of 14 and 28 (in order to maintain American citizenship) for all children born overseas of one U.S. citizen parent and an...