SPINSTERHOOD • FREE-TRANSLATOR.COM • Definition of Spinsterhood

... to be faced and solved. Colour came into their cheeks, assurance into their faded manners, sense and sensibility into their talk; and whatever happened afterwards they were never crammed back again into the prison of Victorian spinsterhood. They learnt rough cooking, skilled confectionery, typewriting, bicycling, jiu-jitsu perhaps. "The maidens came, they talked, they sang, they read; till she not fair began to gather light, and she that was became her former beauty ...

— Mrs. Warren's Daughter - A Story of the Woman's Movement • Sir Harry Johnston

... "Spinsterhood is a mistake," retorts Mrs. Mounteagle. "If you have the misfortune to be thrown back upon yourself—widowed in your prime—take my advice and marry again. We poor weak little women were not made to take care of ourselves. We want ...

— When the Birds Begin to Sing • Winifred Graham