Show DATES FROM ANCIENT AN lENT TIMES Why the Unmarried Female of Today Is lx Officially Designated by the I Word Spinster The word spinster comes down from old oM J English times when the males monies and females of ol a family were described as of ot the spear pear side or spindle side Ide from the different occupations occupations occupations oc oc- oc- oc of or the sexes While the themen themen themen men worked or fought the w women men stopped at home spinning wool or linen In those days every woman whether er r single or married was a spinster because e in the literal meaning of ot the word her chief f work was s1 spinning th the men t fh or hu Gradually the word spinster came cameto to mean more especially the unmarried unmarried ried ned daughters possibly because It wits was understood that they were spinning spinning spin spin- ning for themselves lyes and the future bottom drawer whereas whereas' the word worl wife meant literally one who had been beena a weaver and therefore was not now Later spinster stood exclusively for fol forthe forthe the unmarried and In 1617 It became the legal Lenin teim for tor such |