Kate Swift died (7-5-2011)

American writer, co-author (with Casey Miller) of _Words and Women_ (1976) and _The Handbook of Non-Sexist Writing_ (1980). I still have a copy of the latter somewhere. These books stood out from a lot of ill-informed rubbish that was being written and talked in the feminist critique of language at that time. They wrote realistic, practical advice from writers to other writers, non-accusatory in tone. Looking them up now, I am surprised to learn that both authors were more or less of my parents' generation (born 1923 and 1919). (Wikipedia carefully describes them as "publishing partners" and "platonic domestic partners".)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Swift
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Miller