the title ms came into use in 1881.
when did the title ms come into use?
1881
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some etiquette writers and famous figures do not support the use of "ms.", including charles kidd, the editor of debrett's peerage and baronetage, who claims the usage is "not very helpful" and that he had been "brought up to address a married woman as mrs john smith, for example". debrett's itself, concerning the case of a married woman who chooses not to take her husband's name, states, "the ugly-sounding ms is problematic. although many women have assumed this bland epithet, it remains incorrect to use it when addressing a social letter." the former british conservative party mp ann widdecombe has stated, "i can't see the point of ms and i don't see it as an issue", whilst author and journalist jessica fellowes describes the title ms. as "ghastly". the queen's english society has criticised the use of ms as "an abbreviation that is not short for anything", describing it as a "linguistic misfit [that] came about because certain women suddenly became sensitive about revealing their marital status".
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