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Since Women's Liberation introduced "Ms." as a substitute for Miss or Mrs., the prefix (pronounced Miz) has been working its way steadily into the American vocabulary. There is, of course, institutional resistance. In California, for example, Sacramento County Clerk William Durley reports he has had to reject at least 20 voter registration applications because women have insisted on using Ms. instead of giving their marital-status designation as state law requires. Now two bills have been introduced in the state legislature to allow the liberated Ms. designation, or none at all, when women desire to register that...
...Ms.", for the uninitiated, is pronounced "miz" and is a form of address which recognizes a woman as an individual, rather than by her relationship with a man. "Ms." magazine is dedicated to helping women realize that they, too, are whole people, that women share many things and that the growth of understanding between them can be tremendously exciting...
...first step toward repair, "Ms." sets out to expose the damage done to female egos by Freud and society. "Why Women Fear Success," an interview with Harvard's Martina Horner, assistant professor of Clinical Psychology, explores women's desire to avoid success...
Just as good as the exploration of female psyches is the practical advice. "Ms." contains explicit instructions for setting up neighborhood child care centers. Johnnie Tillmon, organizer of the nation's first welfare rights group in Watts, closes a piece about A.F.D.C. (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) with recommendations on how to help women on welfare. An explanation of women's civil rights, a compilation or children's books free of sex-role stereotypes, and listings of "Where To Get Help" add up to make the first issue of "Ms." a truly useful magazine for women...
...Ms." encourages women to think about what they do and don't demand of themselves, and in the process makes a fair assumption: the male ago is going to be the last to change, so we must first aim at getting women to affirm themselves. Women must find and channel those "lost energies and confused lives...