Sheila Michaels, who popularized 'Ms.' for women, dies at 78
Sunday, July 9, 2017
NEW YORK -- Sheila Michaels, a feminist and civil-rights activist in the 1960s who has been credited with popularizing the courtesy title "Ms.," died June 22 in New York. She was 78.
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