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A Point of View: Is that Miss or Mrs Wheeler?

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Is that Miss or Mrs Wheeler?

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Sara Wheeler argues that the Mrs-Miss distinction has no place in contemporary Britain.

Sara Wheeler on why the Mrs-Miss distinction is now well and truly obsolete.

Sara Wheeler explains why online packages arriving at her house are now addressed to 'The Right Reverend Sara Wheeler'!

Sara looks back at the surprising history of the Mrs-Miss distinction and concludes it has no place in contemporary Britain.  

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