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“Women and children were not afforded the rights of citizenship, of subjecthood, of being. They lived under threat of being erased, hidden, buried. This is why my mother tells me - halting, hesitating - that in her day it was the worst thing in the world for a girl to find herself pregnant, but worse still was for her to talk about it.”

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Book:In Ordinary Time: Fragments of a Family History

Source: In Ordinary Time: Fragments of a Family History

“Was it so very obvious that I was not married? Of course it was. For one thing, I had no husband with me, looking after and indulging me. But there was something else about married women that I noticed, their solid smugness at not having to worry about the course of their future. Married women were set like jelly in a mold, whereas spinsters like me were formless and unpredictable.”

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Book:Remarkable Creatures

Source: Remarkable Creatures

“I suppose an unmarried woman just over thirty, who lives alone and has no apparent ties, must expect to find herself involved or interested in other people's business, and if she is also a clergyman's daughter then one might really say that there is no hope for her.”

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Book:Excellent Women

Source: Excellent Women

“History held plenty more examples of the unmarried being happy. Who said a man or a woman had to be a husband or a wife? Maybe they could simply be, unto themselves.”

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Book:Marilla of Green Gables

Source: Marilla of Green Gables

“Pastor, you know you’re talking to a room full of happily unmarried women here, right?”

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Book:The Giver of Stars

Source: The Giver of Stars

“This year I turn 40, still single, but filled with a sense of wholeness and completeness that I have never felt before. I am unafraid to chase my passions, pursue my dreams, and conquer even the tallest of mountains.”

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Author:Yvonne Padmos

“So, what are you up to, where are you going on your vacation, that's a cute dress--no one knows what to talk about with an unmarried girl. Whereas a husband, children, an apartment, a washing machine--endless topics of conversation.”

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Book:A Frozen Woman

Source: A Frozen Woman