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>“Boston marriages” were one of the few ways for women to live independently from men in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The term was coined to describe a long-term, committed relationship between two unmarried women, involving anything from friendship to professional partnerships to lesbian romances.
This is nothing new.
>A spinster was not always a slur. The term was used legally since the sixteenth century to mean, simply, a woman over the age of 18 who was unwed. Colloquially, the term gained increasing use for women who were unmarried AND past her prime marrying years—somewhere between 27 and 30.
This is nothing new.
>“Boston marriages” were one of the few ways for women to live independently from men in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The term was coined to describe a long-term, committed relationship between two unmarried women, involving anything from friendship to professional partnerships to lesbian romances.
This is nothing new.
>A spinster was not always a slur. The term was used legally since the sixteenth century to mean, simply, a woman over the age of 18 who was unwed. Colloquially, the term gained increasing use for women who were unmarried AND past her prime marrying years—somewhere between 27 and 30.
This is nothing new.
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