Bears Quote by Stella Benson

When a gently born spinster has little money, her choices are few. She might receive an offer of marriage, but it's unlikely to be…

— Jo Beverley

“What does the word “spinster” do that “bachelor” doesn’t do? Why do they carry different associations? These are language acts, people!”

— Leni Zumas

Widows are more skillful anglers for husbands than spinsters, and many marry several times. This is a social injustice to spinsters. "One man one…

— Tennessee Celeste Claflin

The word barren tells you everything you need to know...The word spinster tells you everything you need to know about our attitude of women…

— Caitlin Moran

It is possible for a spinster to be disappointed in lovers, but only the married are ever disappointed in love.

— Myrtle Reed

A woman is a mother, a wife, a sister, a daughter but a man who keep a low view about females is not a…

— Senoraroy

“If a man is unmarried, he is called a bachelor. If a woman is unmarried, she is called a spinster or an old maid.…

— Marianne Williamson

A man can be a parent without knowing it: a woman cannot.

— Willa Holland

For the sake of the sons - and even for the son's future wives - a woman must keep a part of her mind…

— Pam Brown

Woman must have her freedom, the fundamental freedom of choosing whether or not she will be a mother and how many children she will…

— Margaret Sanger

In marrying, a man does not, to be sure, marry his wife's mother; and yet a prudent man, when he begins to think of…

— Maria Edgeworth

After all, if spinster chaperons required their own spinster chaperons there simply wouldn't be enough to go around.

— Anne Stuart