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Casey Miller

  • “From antiquity, people have recognized the connection between naming and power.”

    • Casey Miller,
    • in Casey Miller and Kate Swift, Words and Women ()

  • “... conventional English usage, including the generic use of masculine-gender words, often obscures the actions, the contributions, and sometimes the very presence of women. Turning our backs on that insight is an option, of course, but it is an option like teaching children that the world is flat.”

    • Casey Miller,
    • in Casey Miller and Kate Swift, The Handbook of Nonsexist Writing ()

  • “Every language reflects the prejudices of the society in which it evolved.”

    • Casey Miller,
    • in Casey Miller and Kate Swift, The Handbook of Nonsexist Writing ()

Casey Miller, U.S. nonsexist language pioneer, writer, editor

(1919 - 1997)

Full name: Casey Geddes Miller.