Spinsters are women who remain unmarried. While some women may choose the life of a spinster, some women are left into this position due to family circumstances and having past the common age of marriage for the time period. Any number of circumstances can be attributed to the status including scandal, inability to produce a dowry, sickness, or devotion to family. Fanny Fern in her writings indicates that remaining a spinster is not a horrid fate, as write Sarah Josepha Hale would believe, and that woman do have the choice to remain unmarried. Famous writer Louisa May Alcott never married and died a spinster. The term is one which is now considered sexist in terms of its negative connotation, especially when compared with its gender counterpart bachelor.
Tyson Ramirez
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