Calling wives by their husbands' name [View all]

Some years back I posted a story - and someone here provided the reference - how Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote to her friend: "I have very serious objections to being called Henry." This, of course, refers to a woman being addressed by her husband's both first and last name, as Mrs. Tom Jones.

But it appears, on these pages, that people chose to refer to Andrea Mitchell as Mrs. Greenspan. Or - should we be thankful - as Ms. Greenspan. OK, so Andrea Mitchel is not everyone's cup of tea, but to insist on using her husband's name should be offensive to all women - married or not, who changed their last name or not. It implies that whatever Ms. Mitchell has accomplished has no relevance. It implies that it is not important who Mrs. Greenspan is.

Seems that on DU, we are still in the backwaters of Arkansas when Hillary Rodham had to take the name Clinton so that Bill could be reelected. Again, Hillary is not everyone's cup of tea on DU.

Won't surprise me if my rebuttal would be "hidden" by a jury...

OK. Venting.