witchymemes·Witchy Memesbyickplant In 1889, a British newspaper asked women why they were 'spinsters' - this was one of the answersSourceView original on lemmy.world259Comments7
HeartyBeast kbin.socialBeing a bit of a sceptic. I thought "Yeh, right - unattributed quote from unattributed publication". But turns out, it's legit: https://racingnelliebly.com/trailblazers/victorian-spinster-replies-surprised-tit-bits-editors/ It's from Sarah Kennedy from Ashton-on-Ribble, Lancashire writing in - of course - Tit Bits.27
lady_maria lemmy.worldThis post reminds me of the entertainingly biting (though unfortunately, sometimes misogynistic) vinegar valentines of the Victorian era.4
KKnusper feddit.despinster: A woman who has never been married, especially one past the typical marrying age according to social traditions. 4
Being a bit of a sceptic. I thought "Yeh, right - unattributed quote from unattributed publication". But turns out, it's legit: https://racingnelliebly.com/trailblazers/victorian-spinster-replies-surprised-tit-bits-editors/
It's from Sarah Kennedy from Ashton-on-Ribble, Lancashire writing in - of course - Tit Bits.
I wished we still wrote and talked like that.
Be the change
She has a point.
Literally why I'm single in my late 40s
This post reminds me of the entertainingly biting (though unfortunately, sometimes misogynistic) vinegar valentines of the Victorian era.
spinster: