Spinster Or Femme Sole?
Spinster or femme sole? The New Zealand Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs is attempting to have the term “spinster” changed legally and officially to femme sole. For years “spinster” has been a description of all unmarried women that has irritated most of those who were in that category. '
The Oxford dictionary describes spinster as “an unmarried (especially elderly in popular use) woman!” It says it is a Middle Eng- *
lish (1200-1500) word meaning “woman who spins.” -*•' .
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 81, 4 January 1950, Page 4
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82Spinster Or Femme Sole? Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 81, 4 January 1950, Page 4
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