I actually thought Ms. was not promoted as less-sexist, but as a way to handle divorcees, and eventually merged to be a marital status-independent title. I see

I actually thought Ms. was not promoted as less-sexist, but as a way to handle divorcees, and eventually merged to be a marital status-independent title. I see now that I was wrong [0]. I got this impression from my father. When I was little I would help stamp and address sales mailers he would send out, and he always used Ms. When I asked him, he said start with Ms. and let them correct you if they want something different. But, some divorced women get angry at being referred to as Mrs. [0] https://www.grammarly.com/blog/ms-mrs-miss-difference/ https://www.grammarly.com/blog/ms-mrs-miss-difference/