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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle
Where did you look it up? Everyone I know from Miss Manners to Emily Post agrees - Mrs. Jane Doe is divorced. Widows do not change their names when their husbands die - unless they were Mrs. John Smith III. In that case, everyone moves up one (unless you are a reigning monarch). So she would be Mrs. John Smith II. Not many people know that - I knew a John Doe IV, who shouldn't have properly been IV, as I - III were dead.
If a woman choses to use her maiden name, she can't properly use "Mrs." with it. She would use "Ms." rather than "Miss", as "Miss" indicates unmarried.
When in doubt, use "Ms".
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It was on line and I am confident it was not a site by Miss Manners or Emily Post. Which is why I wasn't sure. Again, I was taught that a widow should be referred to as Mrs. John Doe or Ms. Jane Doe. I just wasn't sure if the other (Mrs. Jane Doe) was correct as I had been told.
And isn't it also correct that if John Doe, Senior passes, and there is no Mrs. John Doe, Senior, then John Doe, Junior should drop "Junior".
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