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| The Lady of Shalott painted in 1888 by John William Waterhouse |
I have a new title! Yes, it's official...well...sort of official...I am a lady.
Before I begin to try to prove my case for "ME being a lady", let's just throw it out there, that it is so much easier being a man as far as titles go. For the most part the title "Mister" is one of the few titles that would be used other than a professional designation.
Women, however, have an array of titles that they may be called over a lifetime. Throughout the world, many titles have to do with the marital status of a woman or her level in society. In the U.S. some of various choices have changed over the years.
For example: There was a time that married women took on the husband's first and last name when signing legal documents. For example a woman would write Mrs. John Doe when signing a check instead of writing her own given name such as Jane Doe. My grandmother once got a call from the bank asking her to quit signing her checks like that after my grandfather died. She was in her 90's at the time and seemed to be annoyed by the request. They knew who she was after all. The same bank didn't have a problem cashing checks that had been stolen from her with forged signatures on them so, I am prepared to just think they are a crappy bank but back to the subject at hand.
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