# When did married women stop being addressed as Mrs. Husband'sFirstName Husband'sLastName?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 15, 2020, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-married-women-stop-being-addressed-as-mrs-husbandsfirstname-husbandslastname/928077 "2020-12-15T05:24:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-married-women-stop-being-addressed-as-mrs-husbandsfirstname-husbandslastname/928077/112 "2021-01-03T21:05:15Z")

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I was going to ask my we don’t just use “Mrs” for all adult women now (like how French uses Madame or German Frau), but started a [thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-we-start-using-ms-instead-of-calling-all-adult-women-mrs/929596) in GQ.

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