[geeks] Ms., Mrs., or other?

[Amy]

On Mon, 20 May 2002, Joshua D Boyd wrote:

> On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 05:04:56PM -0400, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> > When writing a letter to a woman, whose marital status you are not familiar
> > with, are you supposed to default to:
> > Ms. Woman
> > Mrs. Woman
>
> Further poking around revealed that historically Mrs. is supposed to mean
> the wife of.  From that view it would be either something like Ms. Amy
> Bradford or Mrs. Bill Bradford but not Mrs. Amy Bradford.

In my case, not Mrs. (nor Bradford) because I've never bothered to change
my I.D. over to reflect marriage. The polite and correct term for what
you're looking for is 'Ms.'

--a