Never married : singlewomen in early modern England /

Never married : singlewomen in early modern England /

A book of original research on the women who never married in early modern England, this text looks at how singlewomen's lives differed from those of wives and widows, at the social relationships of women without husbands, and at how these women supported themselves.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:Electronic book from Oxford Scholarship Online
Main Author: Froide, Amy M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
1500-1799
Single women > England > History > 16th century.
Single women > England > History > 17th century.
Single women > England > History > 18th century.
Single women > England > Social conditions > 16th century.
Single women > England > Social conditions > 17th century.
Single women > England > Social conditions > 18th century.
Single women > England > Economic conditions > 16th century.
Single women > England > Economic conditions > 17th century.
Single women > England > Economic conditions > 18th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Marital status as a category of difference : singlewomen and widows
  • 3. Single but not alone : the family history of never-married women
  • 4. A maid is not always a servant : singlewomen in the urban economy
  • 5. Women of independent means : the civic significance of never-married women
  • 6. Spinsters, superannuated virgins, and old maids : representations of singlewomen
  • 7. The question of choice : how never-married women represented singleness
  • 8. Epilogue.

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