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ickplant@lemmy.world to Witchy Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

In 1889, a British newspaper asked women why they were 'spinsters' - this was one of the answers

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In 1889, a British newspaper asked women why they were 'spinsters' - this was one of the answers

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ickplant@lemmy.world to Witchy Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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  • HeartyBeast@kbin.social
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    Being a bit of a sceptic. I thought “Yeh, right - unattributed quote from unattributed publication”. But turns out, it’s legit: https://racingnelliebly.com/trailblazers/victorian-spinster-replies-surprised-tit-bits-editors/

    It’s from Sarah Kennedy from Ashton-on-Ribble, Lancashire writing in - of course - Tit Bits.

  • agent_flounder@lemmy.world
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    I wished we still wrote and talked like that.

    • lastjunkieonearth@lemdro.id
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      Be the change

  • xkforce@lemmy.world
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    She has a point.

  • Chetzemoka@startrek.website
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    Literally why I’m single in my late 40s

  • lady_maria@lemmy.world
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    This post reminds me of the entertainingly biting (though unfortunately, sometimes misogynistic) vinegar valentines of the Victorian era.

  • Knusper@feddit.de
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    spinster:

    A woman who has never been married, especially one past the typical marrying age according to social traditions.

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