Marital status; person not in a marital relationship

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A man enjoying a cup of tea poured by a woman contemplates the disadvantages of the unmarried state. Lithograph.

An Irish bachelor sits threading a needle to mend his ragged clothes. Lithograph by T. Maguire, 1855, after E. Nicol.

The bachelor woman and her problems / by Dame Mary Scharlieb.

Spinsterhood / guest editor : Susan Cotts Watkins.

The single woman of today : her problems and adjustment / by M.B. Smith.

Begin again : a book for women alone / Margaret Torrie.

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The bachelor woman and her problems / by Dame Mary Scharlieb.

Spinsterhood / guest editor : Susan Cotts Watkins.

An Irish bachelor sits threading a needle to mend his ragged clothes. Lithograph by T. Maguire, 1855, after E. Nicol.

The single woman of today : her problems and adjustment / by M.B. Smith.

Begin again : a book for women alone / Margaret Torrie.