[BITList] Sheila Michaels, Who Brought 'Ms.' to Prominence Dies at 78

[John Feltham]

From a correspondent…

 
Sheila Michaels, Who Brought ‘Ms.’ to Prominence, Dies at 78

JULY 6, 2017

Sheila Michaels, who half a century ago, wielding two consonants and a period, changed the way modern women are addressed, died on June 22 in Manhattan. Ms. Michaels, who introduced the honorific “Ms.” into common parlance, was 78.
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/us/sheila-michaels-ms-title-dies-at-78.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fobituaries <https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/us/sheila-michaels-ms-title-dies-at-78.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fobituaries>
 


One has two wonder what the ‘honorific for an unmarried male is? 

ooroo


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