“A long time ago, in a town with which I used to be familiarly acquainted, there dwelt an elderly person of grim aspect, known by the name and title of Doctor Grimshawe, whose household consisted of a remarkably pretty and vivacious boy, and a perfect rosebud of a girl, two or three years younger than he, and an old maid of all work, of strangely mixed breed, crusty in temper and wonderfully sluttish in attire.” YearsPersonsLongTwoBookUsedGirlThreeNamesPerfectKnownBoysLong TimeAspectDoctorsTownsUsed To BeTitlesTemperThree YearsHouseholdLong Time AgoElderlyGrimMaidsAttireOld MaidsRosebudsVivacious Book:Delphi Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne (Illustrated)
“A single woman with a narrow income must be a ridiculous, disagreeable old maid, the proper sport of boys and girls, but a single woman of fortune is always respectable, and may be as sensible and pleasant as anybody else.” MayGirlSportsWealthBoysFortuneRidiculousIncomePleasantSensibleRespectableMaidsDisagreeableSinglesBoy And GirlSingle WomenOld Maids Book:The Complete Novels of Jane Austen Source: The Complete Novels of Jane Austen
“... the time will come when no servant will be hired without a diploma from some training school, and a girl will as much expect to fit herself for house-maid or cook, as for dressmaker or any trade.” SchoolGirlHouseFitTrainingTradeCooksServantMaidsDiploma Author:Lydia Hoyt Farmer