| Unmarried women over twenty were considered spinsters, and bachelors in their late twenties were subjected to public censure and mockery. |
| What is to be regretted, however, is the demise of all those conscientious spinsters and widows who used to type authors' manuscripts. |
| Single men and those with families, wives, widows and spinsters could all be found in the movement. |
| Both widows and spinsters were prominent in property ownership and in financing businesses as sleeping partners. |
| Ann Street started life as an out-of-the-way address for well-to-do widows and spinsters. |
| Bachelors and spinsters continued to be common and the age of marriage remained high. |
