Casey Miller Foster Parent’s Plan for War Children Letters (Mss. Gr. 223)

Biographical note

Casey Miller (1920-1997), a writer and editor, was a pioneering advocate of nonsexist language. Wrote the influential book, The Handbook of Nonsexist Writing (1980) with long time partner and literary collaborator, Kate Swift (1923-2011). From 1949 until 1984, Miller corresponded with and supported foster children through Foster Parent’s Plan for War Children. Her papers are at the University of Oregon.