Article of the Day:
Spinsters
By the 14th century, a woman whose occupation was spinning thread to be woven into cloth was called a “spinster.” Over time, the term came to denote unmarried women of any occupation—many of whom engaged in spinning as a respectable way to earn income—and began being used in official legal documents to refer to a woman who had never married. Despite its negative connotations, its use persisted into the 21st century. When was the term finally replaced in the legal documents of the UK? More…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
