Mrs. Ms. Misses or Miss?

[mkp]

Also, Ms. is used by a lot of young women (like myself) who think quite frankly my marital status doesn't need to be advertised. A man's isn't, after all.

[John Tagliaferro]

Also, Ms. is used by a lot of young women (like myself) who think quite frankly my marital status doesn't need to be advertised. A man's isn't, after all.

If your story is in a time period before the 1970s, "Ms." did not exist then and should be avoided for period accuracy.