• ArbiterXero
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    9 months ago

    Or if she wanted you to remember who she was (gates) and somehow start to separate herself and distance herself from her former husband.

    Many divorced women choose to hyphenate to make a transition of sorts without losing a major part of their identity

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      9 months ago

      as i said in another comment:

      wouldn’t that be Melinda French-Gates?

      in the article (and others about this), her name isn’t hyphenated, and when only referred to by her last name, it’s just “Gates”

      Gates said that she has voted for both Republicans and Democrats in past elections.

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          9 months ago

          without the dash, it seems like it’s her middle name

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        Melinda French Gates[2] (born Melinda Ann French; August 15, 1964)