Casey Miller
Casey Miller (Feb 26, 1919 – January 5, 1997) was an American feminist and writer.[1] She was born in Toledo, Ohio, USA.[2] Miller went to Smith College and studied philosophy.[3] After college, she was a lieutenant in the navy during WWII and worked as a cryptographer and code breaker.[1] She led the publication department for Colonial Williamsburg.[2] She also worked as the curriculum editor for Seabury Press.[1] Later on, she began to work on trying to change the use of "he," "him," and "his" in the English language to talk about all genders.[2] She also tried to change other ways the English language sounded like it only talked about men, like using the word "mankind" and "Congressman."[1] Miller and her partner, Kate Swift, wrote many books like “The Handbook of Nonsexist Language.”[2] Her wish was that English words would treat men and women equally.[2] Miller wanted English speakers to use “tey”, “tem” and “ter” when the speaker did not know someone's gender, instead of using "him" for all people.[3] She died from chronic obstructive lung disease.[1]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Van Gelder, Lawrence (1997-01-08). "Casey Miller, 77, a Promoter Of Nonsexist Language, Dies". New York Times. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Casey Miller and Kate Swift papers - Archives West". archiveswest.orbiscascade.org. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Grimes, William (May 9, 2011). "Kate Swift, Writer Who Rooted Out Sexism in Language, Dies at 87". The New York Times.