May I suggest the verb karenise for the action of altering the usages of the past in a way which corresponds with present enlightened practice. Look up Wikipedia for a biography of Mrs Humphry Ward and you will be presented with an entry entitled Mary Augusta Ward. She made her name as a best selling author under her formal married name of Mrs Humphry Ward. Her philanthropic work was carried out under that title. It might be viewed as her chattel name but this formal appellation was commonplace until quite recently. Let the lady be called what she chose to live and work under.
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