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Never Married: Singlewomen in Early Modern England

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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 Bibliography Index

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