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Anna Pauline "Pauli" Murray (November 20, 1910 – July 1, 1985) was an American civil rights activist, advocate, legal scholar and theorist, author and – later in life – an Episcopal priest. Murray's work influenced the civil rights movement and expanded legal protection for gender equality.
Aug 14, 2023 · “Using a person’s correct pronouns provides gender affirmation, signals mutual respect, and creates a more welcoming and tolerant environment,” a National Institutes of Health guide for ...
Several scholars have explored Murray’s personal journals and writings and examined Murray’s relationship to their gender/s. Scholars have used “he/him/his” pronouns (Simmons-Thorne), “they/them/theirs” pronouns (Keaveney), “s/he” pronouns (Fisher), and “she/her/hers” pronouns (Rosenberg, Cooper, Drury). This is an ongoing ...
Jul 1, 2023 · This article follows the current standard among most historians and uses “she-her-hers” pronouns for Murray — the same pronouns that Murray used — while acknowledging that as new understandings evolve, a few scholars are starting to use “they/them/theirs” or “he-him-his” pronouns for Murray.
Nov 8, 2017 · Many are insisting that a failure to use gender-neutral pronouns is discriminatory, constitutes hate-speech, and can lead to conviction before a human rights tribunal. Others—like Professor Peterson—are saying that it is a violation of freedom of thought and speech to be forced into using the favored pronouns of the ideological left.
In accordance with the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice and considering Pauli’s complex relationship to gender, this profile uses she, he and they pronouns interchangeably when discussing Pauli’s early life and she/her/hers when discussing Pauli’s later years.
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Emulating that struggle in life and justice, we encourage each speaker to choose the pronouns and gender identity that are most resonant with them when describing Murray. In this project’s reference to our saint, we rely on the norms established by historians and theologians of Murray.