Attorney General Mark Shurtleff and “Mrs. Shurtleff,” along with Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert and “Mrs. Herbert,” were called to their places. In contrast, Gov. Olene Walker was accompanied by a male spouse with an actual first name. I was relieved to hear Mrs. Mary Kaye Huntsman receive proper acknowledgment of her own separate identity.

What's up with this nameless-wife syndrome? Were the organizers of the inauguration (joined on stage by their own nameless wives) too lazy to learn the full names of these important women? Or do they really think defining a woman solely as an attachment of a man is appropriate?

I am appalled. How can Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. hope that we will believe in his commitment to diversity and have respect for all when something as basic as a woman's full name is disregarded in a public forum?

I note in the Jan. 4 Tribune coverage of various inaugurations in which spouses' names are provided. Thank you for that. Now, can you help me convince the new governor that sexism does not belong in a credible agenda for progress in Utah?

Mary Craig

Salt Lake City