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Ms. is a common honorific used to describe women regardless of their marital status.[1] Ms. was invented to replace Mrs. and Miss.[2] Ms. has been described as a “calling card of the feminist movement in the ‘70’s”.[1] It was supported for feminism and expediency.[1][2] This honorific has changed the way most modern women are addressed.[3] The word and idea of “Ms.” has a very complicated and complex history.[2][3][4]
The honorific “Ms.” goes back to at least the 1760s.[4] But, it was more “officially” proposed by a writer in 1901.[1] This writer proposed “Ms.” to avoid accidentally calling a woman a wrong name.[1] This proposal was also the first marriage-neutral proposal.[4] “Ms.” was accepted as an honorific by the New York Times in 1986.[1] Later, during a radio interview at the New York Radio Station, Sheila Michaels spoke out for the honorific “Ms.” to be a title.[1] Eventually, "Ms." became official.[1][3]
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Gloria Steinem, who founded the magazine Ms, popularising the term.
Geraldine Ferraro, who argued the case for recognition of "Ms."
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Zimmer, Ben (2009-10-23). "Ms." (in en-US). The New York Times. . https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/magazine/25FOB-onlanguage-t.html. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Ms". Oxford English Dictionary.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Baron, Dennis (2010-08-27). "What's in a Name? For "Ms.," a Long History". Ms. Magazine. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Fox, Margalit (2017-07-06). "Sheila Michaels, Who Brought ‘Ms.’ to Prominence, Dies at 78" (in en-US). The New York Times. . https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/us/sheila-michaels-ms-title-dies-at-78.html. Retrieved 2024-02-12.