DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’m a 37-year-old woman who has never been engaged, married or had children. I’ll be graduating soon, ... Miss and Mrs. -- to denote marital status. A bad idea.

There’s a long history of Mrs. and Miss in the English language. As Merriam-Webster notes, Mrs. was first used in 1574, and Miss came into fashion in 1667.

Miss/Mrs./Ms. Manners (who keeps ‘em guessing) is happy to tell you that we do have a female courtesy title that is unrelated to marital status: Ms.

According to Dictionary.com, the titles Mrs and Miss dates back to the 1500s and is a shortening of mistress. However, the word mistress has two meanings today - one being a woman in position of ...

Miss/Mrs./Ms. Manners (who keeps ‘em guessing) is happy to tell you that we do have a female courtesy title that is unrelated to marital status: Ms.

The Wimbledon women's singles final on Saturday at the All England Club features Italy's Jasmine Paolini, the seventh seed, against Barbora Krejcikova, the 31st seed from the Czech Republic.

A mum has sparked a fierce debate after questioning why women's titles like Miss, Mrs and Ms are really necessary - as men can just be referred to as 'Mr', regardless of their marital status.