QUOTES WITH «SPINSTERHOOD»
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spinsterhood.
He travels fastest who travels alone, and that goes double for she. Real feminism is spinsterhood.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPINSTERHOOD»
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spinsterhood in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, ...
If you have ever wondered, How am I aupposed to survive this? This is How.
Tired of the dating scene and being nagged by her mother about getting married, Emma Bailey decides she will never marry, but her resolve to remain single hits a snag when she realizes that she's falling in love with her best friend Brian.
3
In a Closet Hidden: The Life and Work of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Their spinsterhood took on an ominous cast, their celibacy no longer evidence of
pure Christian love, but now suggestive of physical, emotional and intellectual
degeneracy. In the post-Civil War period, physicians, biologists, and
psychologists ...
4
Women and Freedom in Early America
Hannah Griffitts asserted that spinsterhood was "liberty" and that as a spinster
she only loved men as well as any woman "ought." This might suggest that
Griffitts was reminding Sophronia that women, like men, should love God above
all ...
5
The Spinster and Her Enemies: Feminism and Sexuality, 1880-1930
Spinsterhood. and. Celibacy. Spinsters provided the backbone of the feminist
movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Rosemary Auchmu-
ty, in her unpublished doctoral thesis 'Victorian Spinsters', points out that most of
...
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Daughters of the Canton Delta: Marriage Patterns and ...
4. Becoming. a. Sworn. Spinster. Another marriage-resistance practice in the
delayed transfer marriage area was sworn spinsterhood. Sworn spinsterhood
was not simply a status ascribed to women who remained unmarried, but one
achieved ...
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Court of Appeals 1890 Vol. 30: 2nd Division
\Vhen such joint spinsterhood of the last two spinsters should be broken this
estate was to cease. It is evident thatif one of the daughters married and her
spinsterhood ceased, that the joint spinsterhood of the other two would still
remain ...
8
Que(e)rying Religion: A Critical Anthology
8. Warrior. Virgins. and. Boston. Marriages: Spinsterhood. in. History. and.
Culture. MICAELA. DI. LEONARDO. Olwen Hufton, in her keynote address to the
1982 Meetings of the Social Science History Association, contended that
women's ...
Gary David Comstock, Susan E. Henking, 1997
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Barbara Pym: Writing a Life
Critics note that although spinsterhood has its problems, the troubles associated
with romantic love frequently lead Pym's characters to prefer spinsterhood. An
interesting treatment of the subject of spinsterhood in the novels is Doan's "Pym's
...
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Jane Austen Among Women
CHAPTER. 5. Assuming. Spinsterhood. ON December 3, 1802, Jane Austen
rejected a proposal of marriage from Harris Bigg-Wither. Rather, she said yes on
December 2, reportedly spent a sleepless night, and retracted her consent ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPINSTERHOOD»
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spinsterhood is used in the context of the following news items.
Clara Jane Hendrickson | Spinsterhood vs. sisterhood
It is a book that tells the story of a privileged woman who has awakened to the rewards of spinsterhood while further marginalizing the narratives of many women ... «The Daily Pennsylvanian, Jul 15»
Spinsterhood Gets a Modern Makeover
For Bolick, spinster-hood is a choice, not an inevitability. Nor does it start to loom until one actually becomes an adult, which she claims is not until you're 40. «Daily Beast, May 15»
Rebranding the spinsterhood
Those images of spinsterhood continued to haunt me for years and prompted a frenetic search for a partner. After all, I'd been a serial monogamist in my late ... «Irish Independent, May 15»
How 'hipster spinsters' are redefining single life
Her remedy is to give spinsterhood a radical facelift as a desirable, even enviable state. It is a battle cry that is already being taken up on both sides of the ... «The Australian Financial Review, Apr 15»
Put a ring on it? I'd rather have fun as a spinster
Her remedy is to give spinsterhood a radical facelift – as a desirable, even enviable state. It is a battlecry that is already being taken up on both sides of the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
Rising Saudi 'spinsterhood' sparks alarm
(ANSAmed) ROME - Though it may seem a somewhat derogatory joke, in Saudi Arabia the number of unmarried women over age 30 is a major concern to the ... «ANSAmed, Apr 15»
Growing number of Saudi single women challenge tradition
... number of single women has alarmed clerics, who have responded by pushing for early marriage and warning of alleged evil consequences of “spinsterhood. «Saudi Gazette, Jan 15»
Singledom in the Kingdom! Alarm at growing rate of Saudi spinsters
For more than two decades, Saudi society has encouraged the concept of mass marriages in a bid to fight the growing rate of spinsterhood, the expert said. «Al-Bawaba, Jan 15»
Take spinsterhood vow to adopt abandoned child, lady cop told
AGRA: Just what goes into adopting a baby in India? Sub-inspector Bhuvneshwari Chaudhary's story can be both symbolic and horrifying. READ ALSO: Less ... «Times of India, Oct 14»
A trio of champion women? Steady on, old girl…
Once upon a time, spinsterhood was the price paid for success and for being considered by men too clever by half. Now, increasingly, prominent women are ... «The Guardian, Aug 14»
